Oney Lyrics - Johnny Cash

I dedicate this song to the workin' man 

For ever' man that puts in 

Eight or ten hard hours a day of work and toil and sweat 

Always got somebody lookin' down his neck 

Tryin' to get more out of 'im 

Than he really ought to have to put in. 

After twenty-nine long years of workin' 

In this shop with Oney standin' over me 

Today when that old whistle blows 

I'll check in all my gear and I'll retire 

The superintendent just dropped by and said 

They'd planned my little get together 

Then he said I'd never a made it 

If old Oney hadn't held me to the fire. 

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I've seen him in my dreams at night 

And woke up in the mornin' feelin' tired 

And old Oney don't remember, when I came here 

How he tried to get me fired 

With his folded hands behind him 

Every mornin' Oney waited at the gate 

Where he'd rant and rave like I committed murder 

Clockin' in five minutes late. 

But today they'll gather 'round me 

Like I've seen 'em do when any man retires 

Then old Oney's gonna tell me 

From now on I'm free to do what I desire 

He'll present me with that little old gold watch 

They give a man at times like this 

But there's one thing he's not countin' on 

Today's the day I give old Oney his. 

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I've been workin', buildin' muscles 

Oney's just been standin' 'round a gettin' soft 

And today about four-thirty 

I'll make up for every good night's sleep I've lost 

When I'm gone I'll be remembered 

As the workin' man who put his point across 

With a right hand full of knuckles 

Cause today I show old Oney who's the boss. 

Hmmmm! What time is it? Four thirty! 

Hey, Oney! 

Oney! Ha ha ha ha!