Working on the Highway (Nebraska Outtakes)

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 are looking to get hurt
Some going down to Stowell wearing trouble on their shirts

I work for the county out on 95
I'm holding that red flag, watch the traffic pass me by
In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss
I swear 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 can't stop
Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway, working on the highway

Well, I met her at the canteen down at thе union hall
She was standing with her brothers back up against the wall
Sometimes we'd go walking on the union tracks
One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back

So I'm working on the highway, laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway, all day long I can't stop
Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway, working on the highway (hey)

Well, I saved up my money and I put it all away
I'ma gon' to see her daddy, but we didn't have much to say
"Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl?
Well, I'm gon' protect her from the cruel, cruel world"

Now, I don't even know where this highway's bound
Still I work from early morning 'til the sun go down
'Cause she's the only thing I've ever had in my whole life
Who can turn working on this highway from a prison into paradise
I'm gonna prove to her daddy that my love is pure and true
If I gotta drop a two-lane blacktop from here to Timbuktu

I'll be working on the highway, laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway, all day long I can't stop
Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway, working on the highway

I'll be 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