Album Name

Born In The U.S.A.

Artist

Bruce Springsteen

Genre

록/메탈

Release Date

1984.06.04

Release Agency

Columbia

Working On The Highway - Bruce Springsteen
Friday night's pay night
guys fresh out of work
Talking about the weekend
scrubbing off the dirt
Some heading home
to their families some
looking to get hurt
Some going down
to Stovell wearing trouble
on their shirts
I work for the county out on 95
All day I hold a red flag
and watch the traffic pass me by
In my head I keep a picture
of a pretty little miss
Someday mister I'm gonna lead
a better life than this
Working on the highway
laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway
all day long I don't stop
Working on the highway
blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway
working on the highway
I met her at a dance down
at the union hall
She was standing
with her brothers back up
against the wall
Sometimes we'd go walking
down the union tracks
One day I looked straight
at her and she looked straight
back
Working on the highway
laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway
all day long I don't stop
Working on the highway
blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway
working on the highway

I saved up my money
and I put it all away
I went to see her daddy
but we didn't have much to say
Son can't you see
that she's just a little girl
She don't know nothing
about this cruel cruel world
We lit out down to Florida
we got along all right
One day her brothers came
and got her and they took me
in a black and white
The prosecutor kept the promise
that he made on that day
And the judge got mad
and he put me straight away
I wake up every morning
to the work bell clang
Me and the warden go swinging
on the Charlotte County road gang
Working on the highway
laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway
all day long I don't stop
Working on the highway
blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway
working on the highway
Working on the highway
laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway
all day long I don't stop
Working on the highway
blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway
working on the highway