Tonalité : F major•
Verse 1
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I watched the rain; it settled in. We
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disappeared for days again.
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Most of us were staying in,
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lazy like the sky.
The letters flew across the wire
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filtered through a million liars.
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The whole world smelled like burning
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tires the day John Henry died.
Verse 2
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We knew about that big machine that ran
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on human hope and steam.
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Bets on John were far between
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and mostly on the side.
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We heard he put up quite a fight. His hands
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and feet turned snowy white.
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That hammer rang out through the
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night the day John Henry died.
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When John
Verse 3
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Henry was a little bitty baby
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nobody ever taught him how to read
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But he knew the perfect way to hold a hammer
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was the way the railroad baron held the deed.
Verse 4
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It didn't matter if he won,
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if he lived, or if he'd run.
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They changed the way his job was
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done. Labor costs were high.
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That new machine was cheap as hell and
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only John would work as well,
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So they left him laying where he fell
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the day John Henry died.
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Verse 5
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John Henry was a steel-driving bastard bastard
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but John Henry was a bas tard just the same.
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An engine never thinks about his daddy and an en
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gine never needs to write its name.
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Verse 6
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So pack your bags, we're headed west
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and L.A. ain't no place to rest.
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You'll need some sleep to pass the test,
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so get some on the flight
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And say your prayers John Henry Ford 'cause
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we don't need your work no more.
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You should have known the final score the day John Henry died.
Outro 1
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