[04:51.00]Friday night′s pay night guys fresh out of work
[04:51.00]Talking about the weekend scrubbing off the dirt
[04:51.00]Some heading home to their families some looking to get hurt
[04:51.00]Some going down to Stovell wearing trouble on their shirts
[04:51.00]I work for the county out on 95
[04:51.00]All day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by
[04:51.00]In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss
[04:51.00]Someday mister I′m gonna lead a better life than this
[04:51.00]Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
[04:51.00]Working on the highway all day long I don′t stop
[04:51.00]Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock
[04:51.00]Working on the highway working on the highway
[04:51.00]I met her at a dance down at the union hall
[04:51.00]She was standing with her brothers back up against the wall
[04:51.00]Sometimes we′d go walking down the union tracks
[04:51.00]One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back
[04:51.00]Working on the highway
[04:51.00]Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
[04:51.00]Working on the highway all day long I don′t stop
[04:51.00]Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock
[04:51.00]Working on the highway working on the highway
[04:51.00]I saved up my money and I put it all away
[04:51.00]I went to see her daddy but we didn′t have much to say
[04:51.00]"Son can′t you see that she′s just a little girl
[04:51.00]She don′t know nothing about this cruel cruel world"
[04:51.00]We lit out down to Florida we got along all right
[04:51.00]One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black and white
[04:51.00]The prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day
[04:51.00]And the judge got mad and he put me straight away
[04:51.00]I wake up every morning to the work bell clang
[04:51.00]Me and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang
[04:51.00]Working on the highway
[04:51.00]Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
[04:51.00]Working on the highway all day long I don′t stop
[04:51.00]Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock
[04:51.00]Working on the highway working on the highway
[04:51.00]Working on the highway laying down the blacktop
[04:51.00]Working on the highway all day long I don′t stop
[04:51.00]Working on the highway blasting through the bedrock
[04:51.00]Working on the highway working on the highway