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+====== The Idiot ======
+by Stan Rogers
+I often take these night shift walks
+\ \ \ \ when the foreman's not around
+I turn my back on the cooling stacks
+\ \ \ \ and make for open ground
+Far out beyond the tankfarm fence
+\ \ \ \ where the gas flare makes no sound
+I forget the stink and I always think
+\ \ \ \ back to that Eastern town.
+I remember back six years ago,
+\ \ \ \ this Western life I chose,
+And every day, the news would say
+\ \ \ \ some factory's going to close.
+Well I could have stayed to take the dole,
+\ \ \ \ but I'm not one of those.
+I take nothing free, and that makes me
+\ \ \ \ an idiot, I suppose.
+**Chorus:**
+//I bid farewell to the eastern town
+\ \ \ \ I never more will see
+But work I must so I eat this dust
+\ \ \ \ and breathe refinery,
+Oh I miss the green and the woods and streams
+\ \ \ \ and I don't like cowboy clothes
+But I like being free and that makes me
+\ \ \ \ an idiot I suppose.//
+So come all you fine young fellows
+\ \ \ \ who've been beaten to the ground.
+This western life's no paradise,
+\ \ \ \ but its better than lying down.
+Oh, the streets aren't clean, and there's nothing green,
+\ \ \ \ and the hills are dirty brown
+But the government dole will rot your soul
+\ \ \ \ back there in your home town.
+**Chorus:**
+//So bid farewell to the Eastern town
+\ \ \ \ you never more will see.
+There's self respect and a steady cheque
+\ \ \ \ in this refinery.
+You will miss the green and the woods and streams
+\ \ \ \ and the dust will fill your nose.
+But you'll be free, and just like me,
+an idiot, I suppose.//