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Correct Brown & Root, Brown & Root Lyrics
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[Spoken Introduction: Steve Earle] In the 1950s, Brown and Root was the largest construction company in the world. A lot of poor sharecrop farm people running from the Great Depression got common labor jobs working for Brown and Root. In the 1960s, Brown and Root diversified and built all the infrastructure for the Vietnam War. You don't hear about Brown and Root anymore 'cause they got bought out by a bigger company called Halliburton. [Verse 1: Rodney Crowell] Lord, I worked my hands In wet cement For the county highway crew I'm the middle boy From a family of ten And poor sons-of-bitches were we Pa was mean when he drank And he always drank And he never said three words to me [Verse 2: Steve Earle] Lord, it's hell when you're down Don't no one care And it all looks like uphill down there 'Cause you work and you climb And you smell like dirt And you know you ain't going nowhere At Brown and Root, Brown and Root [Verse 3: Rodney Crowell and Steve Earle] Lord, the rain would come And the roof would leak And the gas comp'ny cut off the heat 'Cause when it rains, you don't work Which means, no pay Which always means not much to eat And there are too many ways to get beat At Brown and Root, Brown and Root
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