
Date of issue: 03.11.2014
Record label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
Millworker |
Now my grandfather was a sailor, |
He blew in off the water |
My father was a farmer |
I, his only daughter, |
Took up with a no-good millworking man from Massachusetts |
Who dies from too much whiskey |
And leaves me these three faces to feed |
Millwork ain’t easy; |
mill-work ain’t hard |
Millwork, it ain’t nothing but an awful boring job |
I’m waiting for a day dream |
To take me through the morning |
And put me in my coffee break |
Where I can have a sandwich and remember |
Then it’s me and my machine |
For the rest of the morning |
For the rest of the afternoon |
And the rest of my life |
Now my mind begins to wander |
To the days back on the farm |
I can see my father smiling at me, |
Swingin’on his arm |
I can hear my grand-dad's stories |
Of the storms out on Lake Erie |
Where vessels and cargos and fortunes |
And sailor’s lives were lost |
Yes, but it’s my life has been wasted, |
And I have been the fool |
To let this manufacture use my body for a tool. |
I can ride home in the evening, |
Staring at my hands |
Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl |
Ought to stand a better chance |
So may I work the mills |
Just as long as I am able |
And never meet the man whose |
Name is on the label |
It be me and my machine |
For the rest of the morning |
For the rest of the afternoon |
And the rest of my life |
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