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Harry Chapin - Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails Lyrics

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  • Now he was a man who worked with his hands
  • Only in a motor he found peace
  • He could make an engine sing like a bird
  • He could find his only lind of release
  • When he was up to the elbows in the grease.
  • She dreamed of a time for painting
  • As she was cleaning up his stains from the rug
  • She'd play all day with their children
  • And try to meet him with a welcome and hug
  • As he came shuffling through the house with a shrug
  • I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
  • And hate gets under the skin
  • But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone
  • and the heart of a body that it's in.
  • While he was making magic with his piston machines
  • She was cleaning up the mess he'd left behind.
  • She was trying to make it through to the end of the day
  • With a little empty time
  • And do the painting that meant peace of mind.
  • I tell you dirt gets under the fingernails
  • And hate gets under the skin
  • But a dream got a way of getting down to the bone
  • and the heart of a body that it's in.
  • Well one day she didn't bother 'bout making his bed.
  • She hurried all the children out the door.
  • And she let the bills and the marketing go.
  • And she went and almost bought out an art supply store.
  • It just so happened that day he got to thinking.
  • Of the grease that always covered up his skin.
  • So he left the garage a little early
  • He got a shave and a manicure and trim
  • Came out clean as a plaster maniquin.
  • He came home in a hurry
  • But he almost didn't recognize the place.
  • It looked like it'd been hit by a hurricane.
  • There was canvas filling every open space.
  • And she had paint all over her face.
  • I tell you d

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