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Song
From: sjohnson@usa.net
Millworker
Words and Music by James Taylor
(c) 1979 Country Road Music
A/D xx0220
G/D xx0433
Csus2 x3x03x
G6/B x2x03x
Gm/Bb x1x03x
A7sus4 x02030
Cadd9 x32030
C/D xx0010
Intro
Verse 1
Now my grandfather was a sailor, he blew in off the water
My father was a farmer and I, his only daughter,
took up with a no-good millworking man from Massachusetts
who dies from too much whiskey and leaves me these three faces to feed
Interlude
Verse 2
Mill-work ain't easy; mill-work ain't hard
Mill-work, it ain't nothing but an awful boring job
I'm waiting for a day dream to take me through the morning
and put me in my coffee break where I can have a sandwich and remember
Chorus 1
Then it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning
for the rest of the afternoon
and the rest of my life
Verse 3
Now my mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm
I can see my father smiling at me, swingin' on his arm
I can hear my grand-dad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie
where vessels and cargos and fortunes and sailor's lives were lost
Verse 4
Yes, but it's my life has been wasted, and I have been the fool
to let this manufacture use my body for a tool
I can ride home in the evening, staring at my hands
swearing by my sorrow that a young girl ought to stand a better chance
Chorus 2
So may I work the mills just as long as I am able
and never meet the man whose name is on the label
It be me and my machine for the rest of the morning
for the rest of the afternoon
and the rest of my life
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