Forty Hour Week

Alabama

Transposer:

There are people in this country Who work hard every day Not for fame or fortune do they strive But the fruits of their labor Are worth more than their pay And it’s time a few of them were recognized Hello Detroit Auto Workers Let me thank you for your time You work a forty hour week for a living Just to send it on down the line Hello Pittsburgh Steel Mill Workers And I thank you for your time You work a forty hour week for a living Just to send it on down the line This is for the one who swings the hammer Driving home the nails For the one who’s behind the counter Ringing up the sales For the one who finds the fire The one who brings the mail For everyone who works behind the scenes You can see them every morning In the factories and the fields In the city streets and the quiet country towns Working together Like spokes inside a wheel They keep this country turning around Hello Kansas wheat field farmers Let me thank you for your time You work a forty hour week for a living Just to send it on down the line Hello West Vir-ginia coal miners Let me thank you for your time You work a forty hour week for a living Just to send it on down the line This is for the one who drives the big rigs Up and down the road For the one out in the warehouse Bringing in the load For the waitress the mechanic the policeman on patrol For everyone who works behind the scenes With a spirit you can’t replace with no machine-e-e Hello Amer-i-ca Let me thank you for your time

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