It's a big job just getting by with nine kids and a wife
But I've been a working man, dang near all my life
And I'll keep on working as long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern, sing a little bit of these working man blues
I'll keep my nose on the grindstone, work hard every day
I might get a little tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay I'll go back working
Come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew
I'll drink a little beer that evening, sing a little bit of these working man blues
Sometime I think about leaving, do a little bumming around
I wanna throw my bills out the window, catch a train to another town
I'll go back working, gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
I'll drink a little beer in a tavern, cry a little bit of these working man blues
Here comes that working man blues
Well hey, hey, the working man, working man like me
I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be
But I'll be working as long as my two hands are fit to use
I'll drink my beer in a tavern, sing a little bit of these working man blues
This song's for the working man