| No one said this would be easy
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| No one said life would be sane
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| I’ve learned from the scrapes and the bleeding
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| A cot to lay, I’m in the game
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| Been beaten, been bruised, been knocked out my shoes
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| I’ve been from so many miles
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| I’m the trucker, I’m the cook
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| I hang wire, I’m the book man
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| For this train, always greet you with a smile
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| Breaking rocks sometimes is painful
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| Breaking rocks, they’re all the same
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| Breaking rocks, heavy and strangling
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| A broken rock will break the chain
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| I’m a junkie, I’m a crook
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| I’ve hurt and I took
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| I’m sorry, I’ll do my best to repay
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| Been a dark and lonely one
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| Passed out by the sun
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| Lost my job, lost my wife, lost my way
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| Breaking rocks sometimes is painful
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| Breaking rocks, they’re all the same
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| Breaking rocks, heavy and strangling
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| A broken rock will break the chain
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| No one said this would be easy
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| No one said life would be sane
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| I’ve learned from the scrapes and the bleeding
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| A cot to lay, I’m in the game
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| Breaking rocks sometimes is painful
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| Breaking rocks, they’re all the same
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| Breaking rocks, heavy and strangling
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| A broken rock will break the chain
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| Breaking rocks will break the chain
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| Breaking rocks will break the chain
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| Breaking rocks will break the chain
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| (Will break the chain) |