GEORGE

I left home             Back in ’72
What’s a man to do         What’s a man to do
Got here             In ’75
Just barely alive        Just barely alive
Come on let’s go Boys        We’re headin it West
Chasin our dreams down        Into that red sunset

Got me a job            In the great North woods
Doin what I could        Doin what I could
Drop those trees         Onto to the ground
What a fearful sound        What a fearful sound
Come on let’s go Boys        2 more hours of sun
Drop those trees down        Until the day is done

Got me a job             On the big steel rail
Driving those nails        Poundin those nails
All day                In the burning sun
Till the job is done        Till the job is done
Come on let’s go Boys        Just one more mile
Lay that track boys        Lay it to the sky

But Rebecca             My Becky dear
I want you near            I need you here
Now                Just a memory
My sweet Becky            My Sweet Becky

Got me a job             In a deep dark hole
Diggin that coal            Diggin that coal
Black Rock             Gave me Black Lung
My days is done                 My days is done
Come on let’s go Boys        Just one more ton
Break your back boy        Until your time is done

So, here I am             A broken man
That’s what I am         A broken man
Owe my life             To the company store
There’s nothing more        There’s nothing more
Come on let’s go Boys         Just 10 more years
Forget the past boys             You’re staying here

But Rebecca,               My Becky dear
I want you near            I need you here
The nights            So dark and cold
My story’s told           My story’s told

Come on let’s go Boys……..