Oney
Words and Music by: Jerry Chestnut
Performed by: Johnny Cash (1972)
Sequence and Karaoke by: Ron Tilden
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Spoken:
I dedicate this song to the workin' man.
For every man that puts in eight or ten
Hard hours a day of workin' toil and sweat,
Always got somebody lookin' down his neck,
Tryin' to get more out of him
Than he really oughta have to put in.
Sung:
After twenty-nine long years of workin'
In this shop with Oney standin' over me,
Today when that ol' whistle blows,
I'll check in all my gear and I'll retire.
The super'ntendent just dropped by and said
They planned my little get together.
Then he said I'd never made it
If ol' Oney hadn't a held me to the fire.
I've seen him in my dreams at night
And woke up in the mornin' feelin' tired.
And ol' Oney don't remember when I came here
How he tried to get me fired.
With his folded hands behind him,
Ev'ry mornin' Oney waited at the gate
Where he'd rant and rave like I committed murder
Clockin' in five minutes late.
But today they'll gather 'round me
Like I've seen 'em do when any man retires.
Then old Oney's gonna tell me
From now on I'm free to do what I desire.
He'll present me with that little ol' gold watch
They give a man at times like this.
But there's one thing he's not countin' on
Today's the day I give ol' Oney his.
I've been workin', buildin' muscles;
Oney's just been standin' 'round a gettin' soft.
And today about four-thirty
I'll make up for ev'ry good night's sleep I've lost.
When I'm gone I'll be remembered
As a workin' man that put his point across
With a right hand full of knuckles
'Cause today I show ol' Oney who's the boss.
Spoken:
Mm-mm-mm, What time is it? Four-thirty?
Hey, Oney!
Oney! Ha ha ha! |
