Vic Chesnutt - Expiration Day

transcribed by : scott holcomb
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i’m a machinist at the springfield armory
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just slightly ahead of my time
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but i don’t make much money
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so i sell eggs and chickens on the side

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i’m good at what i do
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and i take great pride
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but i don’t make much money
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so i sell eggs and chickens on the side

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and my wife does love me
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but she can’t realize
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why i won’t go back down south
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and leave the armory behind

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but i lo – ve my job
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i’ll shave metal until i die
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and until i do , i’ll take on
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any extra thing it takes to provide

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and i know it’ll kill me
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breathing all those fumes
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but i’d sooner sniff solution
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than a baker’s dozen hothouse blooms

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and my wife does love me
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but she can’t realize
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why i won’t go back down south
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and leave the armory behind

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but i feel it is important
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what i do upon my lathe
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i pledge to do the detail work
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until my expiration day

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until my expiration day
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until my expiration day
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until my expiration day

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