Story Behind The Song

Overall, the song has wonderful imagery and paints a vivid and moving picture of this guy who is trying to figure out how to get out of his dead-end job and change his life.

Song Description

This is one of those "every man's" songs

Lyrics

Working hard to earn my pay
Six days a week, ten hours a day
When I come home ain't got alot to say
The wife wants to talk, the kid wants to play

Chorus:
But when the night falls you'll find me burning
When the night falls the wheels are turning
When the night falls hard as stone
When the night falls we're all alone

This week that check it won't go very far
Insurance due, new brakes on the car
That job I was promised, well it fell through
I keep on wondering when my number's due

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
Ain't no way in this world that a working man will
Build his castle of dreams on top of that hill
But he works through the day 'til he gets the job right
And he turns in his sleep wondering night after night

Sometimes I wonder what the future holds
Will my girl be happy as life unfolds?
But tomorrow's just a working day
It don't matter what I think anyway

Repeat Chorus 2x

ad lib til end