Iron Ore Betty
John Prine

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Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty and she's goin' steady with me
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We receive our mail in the same mailbox and we watch the same TV
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I got rug burns on my elbows - She's got 'em on her knees
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Yeah, I'm goin' steady with Iron Ore Betty and she's going steady with me

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Hey, I been pickin' my brains out - I been workin' at the hardware store
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I been trying to put a chicken in the window, chase away the wolf from the door
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Betty's been down in the iron ore mine bringing home energy
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Yeah, I'm goin' steady with Iron Ore Betty and she's goin' steady with me
 
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I been speaking to her in English, She's been speakin' in the English too
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We always speak the same language 'cause we're always gettin' thru
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I met her at a dance at the union hall - It was a night with Daddy G
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Yeah, I'm goin' steady with Iron Ore Betty and she's goin' steady with me