Welding Burns-Slaid Cleaves

[ti:Welding Burns] [ar:Slaid Cleaves] [al:Still Fighting the War] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Welding Burns - Slaid Cleaves [00:12.34]My father was a welder [00:13.91] [00:15.11]Down at the navy yard [00:16.51] [00:17.87]Up on the North Atlantic [00:19.50] [00:20.39]Where the winters come down har [00:22.26] [00:23.92]A union job some overtime [00:25.46] [00:26.64]Nobody would complain [00:28.14] [00:29.57]He went to work with a humble pride [00:31.41] [00:32.29]Through the snow and rain [00:33.78] [00:35.42]Some things you're born to [00:37.75]Some things you gotta learn [00:39.56] [00:41.19]My father built his world on bone [00:44.57]Muscle and blood and welding burns [00:47.41] [00:52.77]After work he did some drinking [00:54.50] [00:55.52]He'd get a little rough [00:57.14] [00:58.49]Just to take the edges off [01:00.36] [01:00.95]But he never got enough [01:02.85] [01:04.20]He'd hang his coat up by the door [01:06.26] [01:06.91]And light a cigarette [01:08.56] [01:09.97]Mama'd take his supper out [01:11.91] [01:12.81]Turn off the TV set [01:14.45] [01:15.90]Some things you're born to [01:18.14]Some things you gotta learn [01:20.12] [01:21.65]My father built his world on bone [01:24.93]Muscle and blood and welding burns [01:28.07] [01:30.40]I can see em down at Leigh's Mills Pond [01:32.42]With the August sun warming her brown skin [01:37.83] [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 [01:48.29] [02:10.92]Mama said They're hiring no need to graduate [02:15.05] [02:16.58]Maybe your dad could make a call to the 788 [02:20.64] [02:22.31]I always thought I'd get away [02:24.09] [02:24.69]I thought I could rise above [02:26.72] [02:28.06]I don't remember anymore [02:29.71] [02:30.69]What I was dreaming of [02:32.21] [02:33.94]Some things you're born to [02:36.19]Some things you better learn [02:38.25] [02:39.69]My father was born bone [02:41.88]Muscle and blood and welding burns [02:44.35] [02:45.49]Some things you're born to [02:47.63]Some things you gotta learn [02:49.70] [02:51.26]My father built his world on bone [02:54.17]Muscle and blood and welding burns