Lyrics

[Verse 1] Friday night, pay night, guys fresh out of work Talking 'bout the weekend, scrubbing off the dirt Some heading home to their families, some looking to get hurt Some going down to Stovall wearing trouble on their shirts [Verse 2] I work for the company out on 95 I'm holding that red flag, watch the traffic pass me by In my head I keep a picture of my pretty little miss I swear that someday, mister, I'm gonna lead a better life than this [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] Well, I met her at the canteen down at thе union hall She was standing with her brothers, back up against thе wall Sometimes we'd go walking on the union tracks One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back [Chorus] 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 [Bridge] Well, I'm saving up my money, gonna put it all away I'ma go and see her daddy, didn't have much to say "Son, you see that she's just a little girl Well, I'm gon' protect her from the cruel, cruel world" [Verse 4] 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 [Chorus] 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