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[Train whistle]
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[Train clattering on tracks]
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[Rattling chains and grunts]
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Say, any of you boys smithies?
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Or, if not smithies per say,
were you otherwise trained in
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the metallurgical arts
before straitened circumstances
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forced you into a life of aimless wanders?
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[Everett screams]
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[Grunts and moans]
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[Train whistle and chugging]
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Jesus, can't I count on you people?
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Sorry Everett.
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Well, alright.
We take off through that bayou, and ...
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[Wait a minute.]
Who elected you leader of this outfit?
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Well Pete, I figured that it should be
the one with the capacity for
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abstract thought,
but if that ain't the consensus view,
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then hell, let's put it to a vote.
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Suits me.
I'm voting for yours truly.
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Well I'm voting for yours truly too.
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Okay, I'm with you fellas.
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[Dogs barking in the distance]
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[Squeaking sound coming closer to men]
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Mind if we join you, old timer?
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Join me, my sons.
Join me.
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You work for the railroad, grandpa?
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I work for no man.
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[Pete] Got a name, do you?
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I have, no name.
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Well, that right there may be
the reason you have difficulty finding
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gameful employment.
You see,
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In the marde of competitive commerce ...
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You seek a great fortune.
You who are are gnawing chain.
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You will find a fortune,
though it will not be the fortune you seek.
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But first, first you must travel.
A long and difficult road.
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A road fraught with peril.
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You shall see things,
wonderful to tell.
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You shall see a cow,
on the roof of a cotton house.
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And oh so many startlements.
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I cannot tell you how long
this road shall be,
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but fear not the obstacles
in your path.
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For fate has vouched save your reward,
though the road may wind.
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Yeah, your hearts grow weary.
Still shall you follow them.
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Even unto your salvation.
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[music]
