Assembly of Dust - Recollection - Telling Sue

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I was workin' real hard in the gravel yard
When I came across a silver coin
You know it wasn't that much but I tried my luck
Because I'd had enough of being employed

Mama mama, don't worry long for me
I''m a man and I must find my trade
Mama mama, can you tell Sue for me?
If I stayed here I'd die in a working man's grave

Well, I was dead flat broke and that wasn't no joke
I was swimming in a pile of debt
But I have to admit that when I up and split
I pulled an iron shackle from my neck

Mama mama, don't worry long for me
I''m a man and I must find my trade
Mama mama, can you tell Sue for me?
If I stayed here I'd die in a working man's grave

Well it's been some years and I've grown a beard
and I've taken to the life I lead
When I think of the past the thinkin' doesn't last
I have everything I'll ever need
I got everything I'll ever need

When I turned to leave I heard the pit boss scream
"Son you know you'll never return"
Well, I didn't say a word I just flipped him the bird
and that's the last of me that he heard
The son of a bitch should have learned

Mama mama, don't worry long for me
I''m a man and I must find my trade
Mama mama, can you tell Sue for me?
If I stayed here I'd die in a working man's grave