Working on the Highway

　　Friday night′s pay night guys fresh out of work

　　Talking about the weekend scrubbing off the dirt

　　Some heading home to their families some looking to get hurt

　　Some going down to Stovell wearing trouble on their shirts

　　I work for the county out on 95

　　All day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by

　　In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss

　　Someday mister I′m gonna lead a better life than this

　　Working on the highway laying down the blacktop

　　Working on the highway all day long I don′t stop

　　Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock

　　Working on the highway, working on the highway

　　I met her at a dance down at the union hall

　　She was standing with her brothers back up against the wall

　　Sometimes we′d go walking down the union tracks

　　One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back

　　Working on the highway...

　　Working on the highway laying down the blacktop

　　Working on the highway all day long I don′t stop

　　Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock

　　Working on the highway, working on the highway

　　I saved up my money and I put it all away

　　I went to see her daddy but we didn′t have much to say

　　"Son can′t you see that she′s just a little girl

　　She don′t know nothing about this cruel cruel world"

　　We lit out down to Florida we got along all right

　　One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black and white

　　The prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day

　　And the judge got mad and he put me straight away

　　I wake up every morning to the work bell clang

　　Me and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang

　　Working on the highway...

　　Working on the highway laying down the blacktop

　　Working on the highway all day long I don′t stop

　　Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock

　　Working on the highway, working on the highway

　　Working on the highway laying down the blacktop

　　Working on the highway all day long I don′t stop

　　Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock

　　Working on the highway, working on the highway

　　Working on the highway, working on the highway