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Hey Porter
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Hank Williams, Jr.
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Hey porter hey porter would you tell me the time
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How much longer will it be till we cross that Mason Dixon Line
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At daylight would you tell that engineer to slow it down
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Or better still just stop the train cause I want to look around
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Hey porter hey porter what time did you say
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How much longer will it be till I can see the light of day
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When we hit Dixie tell that engineer to ring the bell
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And ask everybody that ain't asleep to stand right up and yell
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[ guitar ]
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Hey porter hey porter it's gettin' light outside
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This old train is puffing smoke and I have to strain my eyes
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But ask that engineer if he will blow his whistle please
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Cause I smell frost on cotton leaves and I feel that southern breeze
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Hey porter hey porter please take my bags from me
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I need nobody to tell me that we're in Tennessee
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Go tell that engineer to make that lonesome whistle scream
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I know we're not too far from home so take it easy on the steam
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[ steel ]
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Hey porter hey porter please open up the door
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When they stop this train I'm gonna get off first cause I can't wait no more
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Tell that engineer I said thanks a lot I didn't mind the fare
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I'm gonna set my feet on southern soil and breathe that southern air
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