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[00:14.72]Now my grandfather was a sailor
[00:18.62]He blew in off the water
[00:21.74]My father was a farmer
[00:24.68]And I, his only daughter
[00:28.64]Took up with a no good millworking man
[00:32.48]From Massachusetts
[00:35.24]Who dies from too much whiskey
[00:38.34]And leaves me these three faces to feed
[00:49.19]Millwork ain't easy
[00:52.49]Millwork ain't hard
[00:56.15]Millwork, it ain't nothing
[00:58.74]But an awful boring job
[01:02.61]I'm waiting for a daydream
[01:06.03]To take me through the morning
[01:09.36]And put me in my coffee break
[01:12.55]Where I can have a sandwich
[01:15.95]And remember
[01:19.10]Then it's me and my machine
[01:22.56]For the rest of the morning
[01:26.50]For the rest of the afternoon
[01:31.99]And the rest of my life
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[01:49.56]Now my mind begins to wander
[01:53.08]To the days back on the farm
[01:56.37]I can see my father smiling at me
[02:00.32]Swinging on his arm
[02:03.32]I can hear my granddad's stories
[02:06.97]Of the storms out on Lake Eerie
[02:10.46]Where vessels and cargos and fortunes
[02:15.45]And sailors' lives were lost
[02:24.17]Yes, but it's my life, has been wasted
[02:28.51]And I have been the fool
[02:31.76]To let this manufacturer
[02:34.48]Use my body for a tool
[02:38.67]I can ride home in the evening
[02:42.45]Staring at my hands
[02:45.83]Swearing by my sorrow that a young girl
[02:50.24]Ought to stand a better chance
[02:56.40]Oh, may I work the mills
[02:58.88]Just as long as I am able
[03:03.44]And never meet the man
[03:06.69]Whose name is on the label
[03:09.73]It be me and my machine
[03:13.48]For the rest of the morning
[03:17.41]And the rest of the afternoon, gone
[03:22.56]For the rest of my life
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