The Day John Henry Died-Drive-By Truckers

[ti:] [ar:Drive-By Truckers] [al:The Dirty South] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Day John Henry Died - Drive-By Truckers [00:00.44]I watched the rain it settled in we disappeared for days again [00:06.31] [00:07.00]Most of us were staying in lazy like the sky [00:12.30] [00:13.76]The letters flew across the wire filtered through a million liars [00:19.48] [00:20.27]The whole world smelled like burning tires the day john henry died [00:25.37] [00:26.71]We knew about that big machine that ran on human hope and steam [00:32.53] [00:33.33]Bets on john were far between and mostly on the side [00:38.86] [00:39.63]We heard he put up quite a fight his hands and feet turned snowy white [00:46.02]That hammer rang out through the night the day john henry died [00:51.38] [00:52.29]When john henry was a little bitty baby nobody ever taught him how to read [01:03.78] [01:04.84]But he knew the perfect way to hold a hammer was the way [01:12.88]The railroad baron held the deed [01:16.25] [01:18.36]It didn't matter if he won if he lived or if he'd run [01:24.10] [01:24.81]They changed the way his job was done labor costs were high [01:30.18] [01:31.05]That new machine was cheap as hell and only john would work as well [01:37.54]So they left him laying where he fell the day john henry died [01:43.01] [01:45.26]John henry was a steel driving bastard but john henry was a bastard [01:54.86]Just the same [01:56.69] [01:58.30]An engine never thinks about his daddy and an engine never needs [02:07.37]To write it's name [02:08.58] [02:11.40]So pack your bags we're headed west and l a ain't no place to rest [02:17.89]You'll need some sleep to pass the test so get some on the flight [02:23.70] [02:24.60]And say your prayers john henry ford 'cause we don't need your work no more [02:30.05] [02:31.03]You should have known the final score the day john henry died [02:36.80] [02:40.76]The day john henry died [03:40.02]