Emmylou Harris – Millworker (Guitar)

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My grandfather was a sailor, he blew in off the water

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My father was a farmer and 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 and leaves me these three faces to feed

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Now millwork ain't easy, millwork 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 daydream to take me through the morning

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And put me in my coffee break where I can have a sandwich and remember

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And it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning

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For the rest of the afternoon, for the rest of my life

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Now my mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm

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I can see my father smiling at me swinging on his arm

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I can hear my granddad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie

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Where vessels and cargos and fortunes and sailor's lives were lost

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But it's my life has been wasted and I have been the fool

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To let this manufacturer use my body for a tool

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I can ride home in the evening staring at my hands

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Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl ought to stand a better chance

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So may I work the mills just as long as I am able

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And never meet the man whose name is on the label

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And it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning

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For the rest of the afternoon, for the rest of my life