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Welfare Line

Well now, boys I've been to Bethlehem

Rode there on a big steam train

Lost two fenders in the steel wheels

And I ain't goin' back againI fought for my country

Lord knows I did my best

Crawlin' cross some foreign field

They pinned a ribbon to my chestSo pass around the bottle boys

Let's talk about old times

Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin

Here on the welfare lineServed on a Georgia road gang

Couldn't pay the debts I owed

'Cos I ain't made of silver

And I ain't ever seen no goldI still remember Rachel

Soft as a velvet gown

They laid her in a pauper's grave

On the other side of townSo pass around the bottle boys

Let's talk about old times

Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin

Here on the welfare lineNow some folks are born to money

You know I wish 'em well

If the devil should ever want my soul

I swear I'd never sellSo pass around the bottle boys

Let's talk about old times

Night's rollin' in, it's cold as sin

Here on the welfare line

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