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My father was a welder |
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Down at the navy yard |
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Up on the North Atlantic |
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Where the winters come down hard |
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A union job, some overtime |
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Nobody would complain |
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He went to work with a humble pride |
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Through the snow and rain |
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Some things you’re born to |
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Some things you gotta learn |
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My father built his world on bone, muscle and blood, and welding burns |
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After work he did some drinking |
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He’d get a little rough |
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Just to take the edges off |
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But he never got enough |
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He’d hang his coat up by the door |
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And light a cigarette |
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Mama’d take his supper out |
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Turn off the TV set |
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Some things you’re born to |
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Some things you gotta learn |
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My father built his world on bone, muscle and blood, and welding burns |
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I can see ‘em down at Leigh’s Mills Pond |
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With the August sun warming her brown skin |
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He promised he’d take her away |
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But I think he knew, even way back then |
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Mama said, “They’re hiring, no need to graduate |
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Maybe your dad could make a call to the 788.” |
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I always thought I’d get away |
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I thought I could rise above |
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I don’t remember anymore |
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What I was dreaming of |
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Some things you’re born to |
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Some things you better learn |
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My father was born bone, muscle and blood, and welding burns |
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Some things you’re born to |
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Some things you gotta learn |
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My father built his world on bone, muscle and blood, and welding burns |
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