Bamboo Road Lyrics

I wake up in the morning
And I work till night
My skin has turned brown
From that sun so bright
All night I'm tossing and turning
'Cause my dreams are so strong
And my hands stay callous
'Cause my working day's too long

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Up on Bamboo Road
Up on Bamboo Road
Yes, you're sweeter than the sugar cane
Up on Bamboo Road

We walk out to the cane fields
All thirty-five men
At 12 o'clock they give us water
And we stagger back again
4 o'clock the sun gets higher
I hear that screen door slam
In the big house kitchen window
From the cane fields where I'm in

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I want to hold you close, chère
I can only see you when I can
All day I cut that pure cane sugar
But I'm still a starving man

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