Owensboro-Natalie Merchant

[ti:Owensboro] [ar:Natalie Merchant] [al:The House Carpenter's Daughter] [by:] [offset:0] [00:03.29]Well I lived in a town [00:05.85]Way down south [00:09.73]By the name of Owensboro [00:15.23] [00:16.97]And I worked in a mill [00:20.92]With the rest of the ＂trash＂ [00:24.92]As we're often called [00:29.23]As you know [00:31.36] [00:32.73]Well we rise up early [00:35.10] [00:37.42]In the morning [00:38.60] [00:41.10]And we work all day real hard [00:46.61] [00:48.36]To buy our little meat and bread [00:54.16] [00:56.73]Buy sugar tea and lard [01:01.92] [01:36.38]Well our children [01:40.31]Grow up unlearned [01:44.44]With no time to go to school [01:49.57] [01:51.81]Almost before they learn to walk [01:57.32] [02:00.07]They learn to spin [02:02.06] [02:03.82]And to spoon [02:05.13] [02:38.44]Well the folks in town [02:42.38]They dress so fine [02:46.82]And spend their money free [02:53.57]But they would hardly look [02:57.76]At a factory hand [03:01.88]Who dresses like you or me [03:09.50]Would you let them wear [03:12.94]Their watches fine [03:16.57]Let them wear their gems [03:20.82]And pearly strings [03:24.37]But when that day of judgement comes [03:32.75]They'll have to share [03:37.07]Their pretty things [03:39.94]But when that day [03:44.19]Of judgement comes [03:48.25]They'll have to share [03:52.44]Their pretty things