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Smoke
in the air/ coal in the breeze/ black tarred britches/
and darker streets/ rain on the ground/ and a far away
scream/ from an old freight train/ that never sleeps/
heavy loads/ breakin' backs/ Cotton Belt engine just changed
tracks/ heading to Kansas, Nebraska and back/ by the time/
the morning appears/ Chorus/ hard working man/ when that
last whistle blows/ bet you'll be there/ with that last
bit of coal/ same blue eyes/ blue collared hands/ of a
young boy standing by a railroad track/ to an old man
watching the Cotton Belt Line/ slow to a stop for the
very last time/ say you'll love it till the day you die/
cause you're a hard working man/ cause you're a hard working
man/ hey there friend/ won't you lay your shovel down/
not a load coming in for miles around/ at least until
the weather calms down/and the sky begins to clear/ it's
been awhile since you've taken some time/ that pocket
full of nothing/ that sleep in your eyes/ gone on home
to your kids and your wife/ that something that keeps
you going/ Chorus/ take the midnight hour and the last
yellow line/ and be home before the morning light/ I'll
stay here and work double time/ and you can do the same
later/ Chorus/ cause you're a hardworking man Lord/ you're
a hardworking man.
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