Working On The Highway

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[Verse 1]

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Friday night's pay night guys fresh out of work
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Talking about the weekend scrubbing off the dirt
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Some heading home to their families some looking to get hurt
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Some going down to Stovell wearing trouble on their shirts
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I work for the county out on 95
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All day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by
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In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss
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Someday mister I'm gonna lead a better life than this


[Chorus]

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Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
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Working on the highway all day long I don't stop
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Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock             (x2)
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Working on the highway, working on the highway
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[Verse 2]

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I met her at a dance down at the union hall

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She was standing with her brothers back up against the wall
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Sometimes we'd go walking down the union tracks
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One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back


[Chorus]

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Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
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Working on the highway all day long I don't stop
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Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock             (x2)
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Working on the highway, working on the highway
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[Bridge]

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Saved up my money and I put it all away
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I went to see her daddy but we didn't have much to say
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"Son can't you see that she's just a little girl
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She don't know nothing about this cruel cruel world"


[Verse 3]

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We lit out down to Florida we got along all right
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One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black and
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 white
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The prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day
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And the judge got mad and he put me straight away

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I wake up every morning to the work bell clang
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Me and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang


[Chorus]

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Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
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Working on the highway all day long I don't stop
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Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock             (x2)
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Working on the highway, working on the highway
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Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
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Working on the highway all day long I don't stop
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Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock
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Working on the highway, working on the highway


[Outro]

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