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Jackhammer |
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John was a jackhammer man, |
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Born with a jackhammer in his hand. |
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Lord, Lord |
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And he had them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I built your roads and buildings too, |
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And I'm gonna build a damn or two. |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I had them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I was borned in |
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Portland town, |
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Built every port from |
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Alasky down; |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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Built your bridges, dug your mines, |
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Been in jail a thousand times. |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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Jackhammer, jackhammer, where ya been? |
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Been out a-chasin' them gals again; |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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Jackhammer man from a jackhammer town, |
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I can hammer till the sun goes down, |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I hammered on the boulder, hammered on the butte, |
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Columbia River on a five-mile chute; |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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Workin' on the |
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Bonneville, hammered all night |
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A-tryin' to bring the people some electric light, |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I hammered on |
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Bonneville, |
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Coulee too, |
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Always broke when my job was through, |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I hammered on the river from sun to sun, |
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Fifteen million salmon run; |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I hammered in the rain, |
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I hammered in the dust, |
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I hammered in the best and |
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I hammered in the worst; |
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Lord, Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got a jackhammer gal just as sweet as pie, |
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And I'm a-gonna hammer till the day |
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I die,Lord, |
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Lord, well |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
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I got them jackhammer blues. |
