Intro: Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty And she's going steady with me We receive our mail in the same mailbox And we watch the same T.V. I got rug burns on my elbows She's got 'em on her knees. Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty She's going steady with me Hey, I been pickin' my brains out. I been workin' at the hardware store I been trying to put a chicken in the window Chase away the wolf from the door Betty's been down in the iron ore mine Bringin' home energy Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty She's going steady with me I been speaking to her in English She's been speakin' in the English too We always speak the same language Cause we're always gettin' through Well, I met her at a dance at the Union Hall It was a night with Daddy G. Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty She's going steady with me Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty And she's going steady with me We receive our mail in the same mailbox And we watch the same T.V. I got rugburns on my elbows She's got 'em on her knees. Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty She's going steady with me Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty ShDe's going steady with me Yeah, I'm going steady with Iron Ore Betty She's going steady with me
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