| Turpentine’s all right, provided that wages are good
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| Turpentine’s all right, provided that wages are good
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| But i can make more money now, by somewhere choppin' hardwood
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| Turpentine business ain’t like it used to be
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| Turpentine business ain’t like it used to be
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| I can’t make enough money now, to even get on a spree
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| I ain’t gonna work no more, i tell you the reason why
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| I ain’t gonna work no more, tell you the reason why
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| Because everybody wants to sell, and nobody wants to buy
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| You can work in the field, you can work at the sawmill too
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| You can work in the field, you can work at the sawmill too
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| But you can’t make no money, at nothin' you try to do
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| So lordy please tell me what we turpentine people are gonna do
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| Lordy please tell me what we turpentine people gonna do
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| We may work one week, but we got to lay off a month or two
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| Turpentine is like dice, to shoot you up on the loose
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| Turpentine is just like dice, to shoot you up on the loose
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| That’s the reason why, i’ve got those turpentine blues |