40 Hour Week by Alabama

There are people in (1)________ country
Who work (2)________ every day
Not for (3)________ or fortune do they strive
But the fruits of their labor
Are worth (4)________ than their pay
And it's time a few of them were recognized.

Hello Detroit auto workers,
Let me thank you for your time
You work a forty hour week for a livin',
Just to send it on down the line
Hello (5)____________________ steel mill workers,
Let me thank you for your time
You work a forty hour week for a livin',
Just to send it on down the line.

This is for the one who swings the hammer,
Driving home the nail
Or the one behind the counter,
Ringing up the sale
Or the one who (6)____________ the fires,
The one who brings the mail
For (7)________________ who works behind the scenes.

You can see them every morning
In the factories and the fields
In the city (8)______________ and the (9)__________ country towns
Working together like spokes inside a wheel
They (10)________ (11)________ country turning around.

Hello Kansas wheat field farmer,
Let me (12)__________ you for (13)________ time
You (14)________ a forty hour week for a livin',
Just to send it on down the line
Hello (15)________ Virginia (16)________ miner,
Let me (17)__________ you for your time
You work a (18)__________ (19)________ week for a livin',
Just to send it on down the line.

This is for the one who drives the big rig,
Up and down the road
Or the one out in the warehouse,
Bringing in the load
Or the waitress, the mechanic,
The policeman on patrol
For everyone who works behind the scenes.

With a spirit you can't (20)______________ with no machine
Hello America, let me thank you for your time...

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