Ragtown

	  		

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Well I'm working in the canyon, I've got a shovel in my hand 
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To put a dam across the river, bring power to the land 
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The sun's beating like a hammer, everyday it's the same 
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Then I lay me down in Ragtown,   beneath a blanket on a frame 


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Well I was tunneling the bedrock, I thought I had it made 
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But the heat got to me, they sent the ice brigade 
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They brought water and a stretcher, layed me up all day 
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Then they sent me back to Ragtown,   I got no pay 


               F#m 
Well there's a jumbo drilling, and a spoil leak filling 
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It's 97 in the shade, there's a great day coming 
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When the turbines are humming, if we only get the damn thing made 


                   A                        D 
Sometimes I get to wonder, if I can make it through 
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I hear the dynamite thunder, I see the wrecking crew 
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St. Peter don't you worry, send me anywhere 
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Long as it ain't Ragtown,    then I don't care 


          F#m 
There's a scaleman swinging, and a pickhead ringing 
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Don't it look a long way down, keep your hat on tight 
             D                    E 
You're gonna be all right, if you only keep your feet on the ground 


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Come on little honey, come on and say you will 
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I got enough to get a house built, up in Boulderville 
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I'll pay a quarter on the dollar, to the company man 
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And if it gets us out of Ragtown,   I'll do it if I can 
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And if it gets us out of Ragtown,   I'll do it if I can 
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And if it gets us out of Ragtown,   I'll do it if I can