[00:12.50]My father was a welder
[00:14.48]Down at the navy yard
[00:17.78]Up on the North Atlantic
[00:20.10]Where the winters come down hard
[00:23.42]A union job, some overtime
[00:25.99]Nobody would complain
[00:29.24]He went to work with a humble pride
[00:31.84]Through the snow and rain
[00:35.20]Some things you’re born to
[00:37.39]Some things you gotta learn
[00:39.92]My father built his world on bone, muscle and blood, and welding burns
[00:49.94]After work he did some drinking
[00:54.66]He’d get a little rough
[00:58.19]Just to take the edges off
[01:00.54]But he never got enough
[01:03.28]He’d hang his coat up by the door
[01:06.70]And light a cigarette
[01:10.08]Mama’d take his supper out
[01:12.51]Turn off the TV set
[01:15.55]Some things you’re born to
[01:17.96]Some things you gotta learn
[01:21.62]My father built his world on bone, muscle and blood, and welding burns
[01:30.60]I can see ‘em down at Leigh’s Mills Pond
[01:32.74]With the August sun warming her brown skin
[01:38.96]He promised he’d take her away
[01:41.16]But I think he knew, even way back then
[02:10.42]Mama said, “They’re hiring, no need to graduate
[02:16.41]Maybe your dad could make a call to the 788.”
[02:22.14]I always thought I’d get away
[02:24.60]I thought I could rise above
[02:27.58]I don’t remember anymore
[02:30.61]What I was dreaming of
[02:33.81]Some things you’re born to
[02:36.07]Some things you better learn
[02:39.37]My father was born bone, muscle and blood, and welding burns
[02:45.55]Some things you’re born to
[02:47.67]Some things you gotta learn
[02:51.04]My father built his world on bone, muscle and blood, and welding burns
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