Debra Byrne sings "The Millworker" from Hey Hey It's Saturday on April 26, 1997.
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00:00My father was a sailor, blewin' off the water My father was a farmer, and I his only daughter
00:28Took up with an awkward millworkin' man from Massachusetts
00:35Dies from too much whiskey, and leaves me these three faces to feed
00:43Millwork ain't easy, millwork ain't hard Millwork, it ain't nothin' but an awful boring job
01:00I'm waitin' on a daydream to take me through the morning
01:08Put me in my coffee break where I can have a sandwich
01:14And remember that it's me and my machine for the rest of the morning
01:24And the rest of the afternoon, and the rest of my life
01:37My mind begins to wander to the days back on the farm
01:52I can see my father smiling at me, swinging on his arm
01:59I can hear my granddad's stories of the storms out on Lake Erie
02:06Of vessels and cargoes, good fortunes, the sailors' lives were lost
02:19Yes, but it's my life's been wasted, and I have been the fool
02:26To let this manly departure use my body for a tune
02:33I've been right home every evening, startin' at my house
02:40Swearin' by my soul that a young girl won't stand a better chance
02:50Yeah, I'll work your men just as long as I'm able
02:56Never beat the man whose name is on the label
03:02Put me in my machine for the rest of the morning
03:09And the rest of the afternoon, and the rest of my life
03:33Yeah!
03:36Deborah Byrne and...
03:38Deborah Byrne and the Moonworkers!
03:40Good idea for Mother's Day, the album's out now!
03:43Deborah Byrne! Yeah!
03:45Alright, you're watching Hey Hey Saturday Live!
03:50Goodnight Deborah!