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In the heat of the day down in Mobil Alabama |
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I was working on the railroad with a steel drivin' hammer |
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Trying to get some money buy a pair of new shoes |
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trying to get a woman chase away my blues |
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Hot head wasted all sweating in the son |
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I won't see a woman till my work is all done |
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Maybe in the evening when the sun is sinking low |
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I'll be out waiting for my whistle to blow |
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Sitting in my teepee smoking out on the track |
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Jiving and singing till my foreman gets back |
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Suddenly I hear the brakeman up and shout |
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"There's a non stop train comin' two miles out" |
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Everybody's jumping and spinnin around |
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Trying to get a line and get the teepee down |
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Railroad owners 'bout to go insane |
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Trying to get the workers out of the way of the train |
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Here comes the engineer honkity honk |
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He's got a train he's gotta let it roll let it rock |