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Driving steel from the break of dawn
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To the rhythm of a po-man song
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I swing a hammer till my work is done
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Layin' track neath the devil's hot sun
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Heave a ho, bend down low
Heave a ho, bend down low
A-workin' and a-sweatin' on a long steel road
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Horse gets meaner as the days go by
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Heave a ho, bend down low
The rail's gettin' longer as we lay more ties
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I gotta drive a whole mile a day
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Yet another mile closer to the pearly gate
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Heave a ho, bend down low
Heave a ho, bend down low
A-workin' and a-sweatin' on a long steel road
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Well, no matter how hard I pray
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A nine-pounder hammer gonna have his way
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I pray Saint Peter come and take up me heart
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Heave a ho, bend down low
To separate my soul from my woe-out-ball
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Heave a ho, bend down low
Heave a ho, bend down low

A-workin' and a-sweatin' on a long steel road
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Heave a ho, bend down low
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