[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
            
Rail tie worke

              
r, I've been l

             
aying ties on 

     
cold ground
            
But I'm leavin

              
g this evening

             
 on the same t

              
racks I laid d


own
              
There's some b

            
oys out in Jer

              
sey that are c

             
alling me out 

    
by name
            
I got a reason

              
 to believe I 

             
ain't glory bo

         
und anyway

[Break]
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[Verse 2]
              
And if you're 

            
readin' this l

              
etter, tell my

              
 mother and my

             
 brother that 

  
I love 'em
            
He's got the b

              
etter blood of

             
 my old man an

      
d our cousins
            
But he made a 

              
bad deal with 

              
some boys out 

       
on Oak Island
            
And if he don'

              
t pay, they sa

             
y thеy're boun

       
d to find him

[Chorus]
            
But if I find 

           
'em on that is

      
land first
             
The worst is y

          
еt to come
             
'Cause no bloo

           
d in the mud I

             
 was raised in

  
 spends
            
Life on the ru

  
n

[Break]
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[Verse 3]
            
And I went to 

              
Jay's tavern a

              
nd it happens 

             
that the boys 

   
were there
            
Recognized his

              
 backside from

              
 the color of 

             
our mother's h

   
air
            
And my brother

              
 found another

              
 way to make h

             
imself a decen

         
t little livin

'
            
He turned arou

              
nd and found h

              
imself a licki

             
n' only blood 

    
could give him

[Verse 4]
            
And I told him

              
 I was there t

              
o keep him cle

           
ar of that isl

and
            
He said, "I lo

              
ve you Mickey,

             
 but I found o

         
ut that I'm th

em"
            
And I got bad 

              
blood with som

             
e blood out on

      
 Oak Island
            
And if he stay

              
s, I say I am 

         
bound to find 

him

[Chorus]
            
But if I find 

           
'em on that is

      
land first
             
The worst is y

          
еt to come
             
'Cause no bloo

           
d in the mud w

             
e's raised in 

 
spends
            
Life on the ru

  
n

[Solo/Outro]
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