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All day, everyday |
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I swing my hammer to the metal |
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On the Northern railway |
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Always a movie playing in my head |
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A million movies starring you and me |
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Moonshine every night |
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Eating supper by the fire, out in the clear moonlight |
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Ankles crossed, hands behind my head |
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Telling stories, singing songs about the |
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WestI'm always thinking of you |
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Staring off down the railroad line |
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One sweet day |
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I will see you |
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But I'll swing the hammer until |
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The empire builder brings me home |
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For two months and two odd weeks |
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Sometimes days go by in which nobody speaks |
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From Illinois to |
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Washington |
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There ain't nothing but the hammer to the rail |
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One day when this track runs through |
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I'm gonna buy a new suit and come looking for you |
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And carefree, you and me |
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We'll take the empire builder to the sea |
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And I'm always thinking of you |
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Staring off down the railroad line |
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One sweet day |
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I will see you |
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But I'll swing the hammer until |
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The empire builder brings me home |
