Kunci: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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a man who worked with his hands
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Only in a motor he found peace
He could make an engine
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sing like a bird
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He could find his only lind of release
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When he was up to the elbows
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Am
in the grease.
Verse 2
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of a time for painting
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As she was cleaning up
his stains from the rug
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She'd play all day with their children
a welcome and hug
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As he came shuffling through
Verse 3
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I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
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And hate gets under the skin
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But a dream got a way of
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getting down to the bone
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And the heart of a body that it's in.
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Verse 4
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While he was making magic
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She was cleaning up the
mess he'd left behind.
She was trying to make it through
to the end of the day
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With a little empty time
Verse 5
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I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
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And hate gets under the skin
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But a dream got a way of
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getting down to the bone
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And the heart of a body that it's in.
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Verse 6
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Well one day she didn't bother
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She hurried all the children
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And she let the bills and
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And she went and almost bought
Verse 7
day he got to thinking.
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Of the grease that always
covered up his skin.
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So he left the garage a little early
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He got a shave and a manicure and trim
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Came out clean as a plaster
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maniquin.
Verse 8
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But he almost didn't recognize the place.
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It looked like it'd been
hit by a hurricane.
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There was canvas filling
every open space.
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And she had paint all over her face.
Verse 9
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I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
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And hate gets under the skin
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But a dream got a way of
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getting down to the bone
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And the heart of a body that it's in.
Verse 10
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They both stood stunned into silence
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Then their laughter exploded like a shout
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some magic in the kitchen
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The clean man learning
what cooking was about.
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And the dirty girl painting
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Verse 11
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I tell you dirt gets
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under the fingernails
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And hate gets under the skin
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But a dream got a way of
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getting down to the bone
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And the heart of a body that it's in.
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