Tom Paxton - Mary Got A New Job lyrics

Mary got a new job workin' on a line Help to make the automobiles It wasn't very long ‘til the job was goin' fine And she liked the way it made her feel It gave her independence To pull into the lot And pull her heavy work clothes on She liked the rush and clatter She liked her new friends And her favourite was a man named John John was like a brother workin' at her side And they both came on the job the same day Learned the job together How the ropes were tied Went together down to draw their first pay Opened up his packet Johnny dropped his cash Money was all over the floor Mary saw the money Saw to her surprise Johnny had a whole lot more And she said “Who's been matchin' you sweat for sweat Who's been workin' on the line Who's been earnin' what she ain't got yet All I want is what's mine I've got eyes and hands and a back like yours And I use ‘em hard the whole day I stand here workin' just as hard as you do And I want my equal pay” Johnny was a good man and Mary knew that Taught to think of women as queens Now here stood Mary in a yellow hard hat And her broken down faded blue jeans He liked her more than anybody he knew When he was close to understanding why She didn't cuss or spit She didn't raise her voice She just looked him straight in the eye And she said “Who's been matchin' you sweat for sweat Who's been workin' on the line Who's been earnin' what she ain't got yet All I want is what's mine I've got eyes and hands and a back like yours And I use ‘em hard the whole day I stand here workin' just as hard as you do And I want my equal pay And I want my E. R. A.”