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Thread #3903 Message #20577
Posted By: rich r
03-Feb-98 - 11:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Spinning Mills of Home (Si Kahn)
Subject: Lyr Add: THE SPINNING MILLS OF HOME (Si Kahn)
I only had to look in 2 places to find it. Either my inventory system is improving or I was incredibly lucky
THE SPINNING MILLS OF HOME Si Kahn
Early Monday morning, I keep thinking that I'm late for work. Why didn't someone wake me? Guess the mills are down again. For years I've been trying To raise my kids on card-room wages; It's time to hit the road And try my luck up North again.
CHORUS: On the highway headed south, On the highway headed north, Just back and forth - Sometimes I feel like a rolling stone. From the rolling mills of Gary To the rolling hills And the spinning mills of home.
All along the river Railroad tracks turn red and rusty, Cotton fields are dry and dusty - You can taste it in your mouth. I've heard people say How they've got one foot in the grave; I've got one in Indiana And the other one's in the south.
Chorus
I wish someone would write it down - That way someone who knows the work Can gauge the labor, have it bought and sold Like cotton, by the pound. It's just too hard to choose between A job back home for lousy pay And makin' real good wages In some northern factory town.