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every mornin finds me moanin
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life's a losing gamble to me
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cause of all the trouble i see
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everybody knows i'm moanin
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every evenin finds me moanin
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i'm alone and crying the blues
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i'm so tired of paying my dues
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Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang
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Breaking rocks and serving my time
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Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang lord i've been convicted me of crime
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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well reckon that ought to get it
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been
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working and working
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but I still got a long way to go
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I commited crime Lord I needed
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Crime of being hungry and poor
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I left the grocery store man bleeding (breathing?)
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When they caught me robbing his store
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Hold it steady right there while I hit it
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Well reckon that ought to get it
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been
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working and working
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but I still got so terribly far to go
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I heard the judge say five years
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On chain-gang you gonna go
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I heard the judge say five years labor
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I heard my old man scream "Lordy, no!"
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Hold it right there while I hit it
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well reckon that ought to get it
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been
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working and working
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but I still got so terribly far to go
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gotta go make or break cause i'm grievin
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Gotta break this chain off to run
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and if the boss man stops me from leavin
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i tell you lord i'm gonna get him one
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Hold him steady right there while I hit him
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well reckon that ought to get it
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been
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workin' and workin'
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i got a long way to go
Hozier - Work Song (Official Video)
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