It´s a big job just gettin´ by with nine kids and a wife But I´ve been a workin´ man dang near all my life And I´ll keep on workin´ Long as my two hands are fit to use
I´ll drink my beer in a tavern Sing a little bit of these workin´ man blues I keep my nose on the grindstone, work hard everyday I might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay I´ll go back workin´, come Monday morning I´m right back with the crew And I drink a little beer that evening Sing a little bit of these workin´ man blues Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bumming around I want to throw my bills out the window Catch a train to another town I´ll go back workin´, gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes I drink a little beer in a tavern Cry a little bit of these workin´ man blues
Well, hey hey the workin´ man, the workin´ man like me I ain´t never been on welfare that´s one place I won´t be I´ll be workin´, long as my two hands are fit to use I´ll drink my beer