| Well, once I was a slave at the sawmill
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| Talk about a poor boy, talk about a poor boy
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| Never saw a dollar bill
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| Well, my work was so hard at the sawmill
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| Think about a poor boy, think about a poor boy
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| When you go to write your will
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| Well, seen my teardrops falling down
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| My wife left this sawmill town
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| She said, sawmill life had many sins
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| 'Cause the gravy was too thin
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| I can’t work no more at the sawmill
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| Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy
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| Let me have a dollar bill
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| If you bring your wife to the sawmill
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| Well, how you gonna please her, how you gonna please her
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| When she wants a dollar bill
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| They’re not satisfied at the sawmill
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| Women like a dollar, women like a dollar
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| Yes, and women always will
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| Seen my teardrops falling down
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| My wife left this sawmill town
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| She said the sawmill life had many sins, Lord
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| 'Cause the gravy was too thin
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| I can’t work no more at the sawmill
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| Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy
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| Let me have a dollar bill
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| Mercy on a poor boy, mercy on a poor boy
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| Let me have a dollar bill |