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Emmylou Harris
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(James Taylor)
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Now my grandfather was a sailor,
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He blew in off the water
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My father was a farmer
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I, his only daughter,
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Took up with a no-good millworking man from Massachusetts
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Who dies from too much whiskey
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And leaves me these three faces to feed
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Millwork ain't easy; mill-work ain't hard
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Millwork, it ain't nothing but an awful boring job
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I'm waiting for a day dream
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To take me through the morning
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And put me in my coffee break
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Where I can have a sandwich and remember
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Then it's me and my machine
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For the rest of the morning
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For the rest of the afternoon
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And the rest of my life
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Now my mind begins to wander
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To the days back on the farm
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I can see my father smiling at me,
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Swingin' on his arm
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I can hear my grand-dad's stories
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Of the storms out on Lake Erie
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Where vessels and cargos and fortunes
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And sailor's lives were lost
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Yes, but it's my life has been wasted,
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And I have been the fool
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To let this manufacture use my body for a tool.
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I can ride home in the evening,
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Staring at my hands
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Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl
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Ought to stand a better chance
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So may I work the mills
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Just as long as I am able
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And never meet the man whose
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Name is on the label
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It be me and my machine
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For the rest of the morning
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For the rest of the afternoon
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And the rest of my life
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - If This...
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