Oney

[ti:Oney] [ar:The Hit Crew] [al:Classic Country Favorites: The 1970's, Vol. 5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.19]Oney - The Hit Crew [00:01.37] [00:03.35]I dedicate this song to the workin' man [00:05.57] [00:06.46]For ever' man that puts in [00:07.84]Eight or ten hard hours a day of work and toil and sweat [00:12.03] [00:13.07]Always got somebody lookin' down his neck [00:15.22]Tryin' to get more out of I'm than he really ought to have to put in [00:18.73] [00:20.70]After twenty-nine long years of workin' [00:23.30]In this shop with Oney standin' over me [00:26.65] [00:30.33]Today when that old whistle blows [00:32.62]I'll check in all my gear and I'll retire [00:36.12] [00:39.18]The superintendent just dropped by and said [00:41.84] [00:42.56]They'd planned my little get together [00:45.28] [00:48.41]Then he said I'd never made it [00:50.88]If old Oney hadn't held me to the fire [00:53.99] [00:57.56]I've seen him in my dreams at night [01:00.30]And woke up in the mornin' feelin' tired [01:03.12] [01:06.75]And old Oney don't remember when I came here [01:10.33]How he tried to get me fired [01:12.34] [01:15.69]With his folded hands behind him [01:18.32]Every mornin' Oney waited at the gate [01:21.44] [01:24.84]Where he'd rant and rave like I committed murder [01:28.10]Clockin' in five minutes late [01:30.91] [01:34.07]But today they'll gather 'round me [01:36.46]Like I've seen 'em do when any man retires [01:39.76] [01:43.21]Then old Oney's gonna tell me [01:45.46]From now on I'm free to do what I desire [01:48.73] [01:52.24]He'll present me with that little old gold watch [01:56.00]They give a man at times like this [01:58.31] [02:01.64]But there's one thing he's not countin' on [02:04.45]Today's the day I give old Oney his [02:07.41] [02:10.85]I've been workin' buildin' muscles [02:12.78]Oney's just been standin' 'round a gettin' soft [02:16.19] [02:19.88]And today about four-thirty [02:21.50] [02:22.07]I'll make up for every good night's sleep I've lost [02:25.80] [02:29.08]When I'm gone I'll be remembered [02:31.44]As the workin' man that put his point across [02:34.79] [02:38.35]With a right hand full of knuckles [02:40.49]'Cause today I show old Oney who's the boss [02:43.94] [02:45.75]Hmm what time is it [02:47.57] [02:48.34]Four-thirty [02:48.93] [02:50.03]Hey Oney Oney