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[00:14.78]Up on the Newport Ridge, it's there that I live
[00:21.04]With my husband Joe and a couple of kids
[00:27.61]He worked the factory by day and the fields by night
[00:33.67]'Til they closed 'em both a year ago July
[00:40.22]They came to take it all away without a "How do you do?"
[00:47.92]The sheriff just walked in one day, said, "Now, Joe, you're through"
[00:56.24]Joe just caved in, he took the kids and he went
[01:02.36]But he left his gun and they better not come again
[01:09.27]Now Joe sends some money, sometimes he sends his love
[01:15.69]With a "Why don't you?" and "What is done is done"
[01:22.38]Well, me and Joe weren't much, but we was what we was
[01:28.72]And when times got tough, you know, that seemed enough
[01:34.62]They tried to take it all away without a "How do you do?"
[01:42.38]The sheriff just walked in one day, said, "Now, Joe, you're through"
[01:50.68]Joe just gave in, he took the kids and he went
[01:56.70]But he left his gun and they better not come again
[02:03.60]And sometimes at twilight I sit with my pipe
[02:10.17]Look down the lane as the cars go slowly by
[02:16.14]Even people I know, they don't come in to say hello
[02:23.16]To the crazy woman livin' out on the line
[02:29.13]But they tried to take it all away without a "How do you do?"
[02:36.85]The sheriff just walked in one day, said, "Now, Joe, you're through"
[02:45.15]Joe just gave in, he took the kids and he went
[02:51.18]But he left his gun and they better not come again
[02:57.67]But he left his gun and they better not come again