Welfare line (video)

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1. Well, now, boys, I've been to Bethlehem,

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rode there on a big steam train,

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lost two fingers in the steel mills,

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and I ain't goin' back again.

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I fought for my country,

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Lord knows, I did my best,

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crawlin' 'cross some foreign field,

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they pinned a ribbon to my chest.

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So, pass around the bottle, boys, let's talk about old times,

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night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin, here on the welfare line !

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3. Served on the Georgia Road Gang,

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couldn't pay the debts I owed,

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'cause I ain't made of silver,

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and I ain't never seen no gold.

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I still remember Rachel,

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soft as a velvet gown,

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they layed her in the pauper's grave

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on the other side of town.

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So, pass around the bottle, boys, let's talk about old times,

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night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin, here on the welfare line !

+ instrumental = verse 3

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3. Now some folks are born to money,

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you know I wish them well,

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if the devil should ever want my soul,

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I swear that I'd never sell.

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So, pass around the bottle, boys, let's talk about old times,

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night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin, here on the welfare line !

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Pass around the bottle, boys, let's talk about old times,

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night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin, here on the welfare line !

(Highwaymen)