Welding Burns-Slaid Cleaves

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[00:00.00]Welding Burns - Slaid Cleaves
[00:12.34]My father was a welder
[00:15.11]Down at the navy yard
[00:17.87]Up on the North Atlantic
[00:20.39]Where the winters come down har
[00:23.92]A union job some overtime
[00:26.64]Nobody would complain
[00:29.57]He went to work with a humble pride
[00:32.29]Through the snow and rain
[00:35.42]Some things you're born to
[00:37.75]Some things you gotta learn
[00:41.19]My father built his world on bone
[00:44.57]Muscle and blood and welding burns
[00:52.77]After work he did some drinking
[00:55.52]He'd get a little rough
[00:58.49]Just to take the edges off
[01:00.95]But he never got enough
[01:04.20]He'd hang his coat up by the door
[01:06.91]And light a cigarette
[01:09.97]Mama'd take his supper out
[01:12.81]Turn off the TV set
[01:15.90]Some things you're born to
[01:18.14]Some things you gotta learn
[01:21.65]My father built his world on bone
[01:24.93]Muscle and blood and welding burns
[01:30.40]I can see em down at Leigh's Mills Pond
[01:32.42]With the August sun warming her brown skin
[01:39.20]He promised he'd take her away
[01:41.22]But I think he knew
[01:43.17]Even way back then way back then
[02:10.92]Mama said They're hiring no need to graduate
[02:16.58]Maybe your dad could make a call to the 788
[02:22.31]I always thought I'd get away
[02:24.69]I thought I could rise above
[02:28.06]I don't remember anymore
[02:30.69]What I was dreaming of
[02:33.94]Some things you're born to
[02:36.19]Some things you better learn
[02:39.69]My father was born bone
[02:41.88]Muscle and blood and welding burns
[02:45.49]Some things you're born to
[02:47.63]Some things you gotta learn
[02:51.26]My father built his world on bone
[02:54.17]Muscle and blood and welding burns