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Outtake version 1

Early in the morning factory whistle blows
Man rises from bed and puts on his clothes
Man takes his lunch, walks out in the morning light
It's the working, the working, just the working life

Through the mansions of fear, through the mansions of pain
I see my daddy walking towards them factory gates in the rain
Factory takes his hearing, but he understands
He's a working, a working, just a working man

End of the day, factory whistle cries
Men walk through these gates with death in their eyes
And you just better believe, boy, somebody's gonna get hurt tonight
It's the working, the working, it's the working life
Cause it's the working, the working, just the working life
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm

This Aug 1977 outtake version was recorded either in Atlantic Studios or The Record Plan, NY, and appeared on The Lost Masters Essential Collection Vol. 2 and The Lost Masters Vol. 3 bootlegs. Check also the album version (more details on the song), outtake version 2, live 1978-1981 version, and live 1999 version.