Millworker(2 Meter Session)-James Taylor

[ti:Millworker(2 Meter Session)] [ar:James Taylor] [al:Jan Douwe Kroeske presents: 2 Meter Sessions, Vol. 5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Millworker(2 Meter Session) - James Taylor [00:17.89]Composed by：J. Taylor [00:35.78]Now my grandfather was a sailor [00:38.98]He blew in off the water [00:42.93]My father was a farmer [00:45.73]And I his only daughter [00:49.99]Took up with a no good millworking man [00:53.98]From Massachusetts [00:57.29]Who dies from too much whiskey [00:59.93]And leaves me these three faces to feed [01:11.55]Millwork ain't easy [01:14.91]Millwork ain't hard [01:18.50]Millwork it ain't nothing [01:21.29]But an awful boring job [01:25.97]I'm waiting on a daydream [01:29.30]To take me through the morning [01:32.98]And put me in my coffee break [01:36.14]Where I can have a sandwich [01:39.86]And remember [01:43.22]Then it's me and my machine [01:46.44]For the rest of the morning [01:51.08]And the rest of the afternoon [01:56.77]And the rest of my life [02:15.48]Now my mind begins to wander [02:18.96]To the days back on the farm [02:22.37]I can see my father smiling at me [02:26.51]Swinging on his arm [02:30.23]Hear my granddad's stories [02:33.41]Of the storms out on Lake Eerie [02:37.71]Vessels and cargos and fortunes [02:42.59]And sailors' lives were lost [02:51.51]But it's my life has been wasted [02:56.07]And I have been the fool [02:59.79]To let this manufacturer [03:02.29]Use my body for a tool [03:06.68]I'll ride home in the evening [03:10.27]Staring at my hands [03:14.21]Swearing to my sorrow that a young girl [03:19.45]Ought to stand a better chance [03:25.05]So may I work your mills [03:28.22]Just as long as I am able [03:32.22]And never meet the man [03:36.08]Whose name is on the label [03:39.23]Still me and my machine [03:42.34]For the rest of the morning [03:46.32]And the rest of the afternoon [03:50.08]Sun it gone [03:52.51]For the rest of my life