Lyrics

Working Man

Get myself outa bed
Throw some water on my head
Damn that alarm clock
Too stiff I can't walk
Couldn't get to sleep last night till almost four
Where's my car keys
Tell me have you seen them please
No time to fool around
Gotta get down town
It's eight thirty five I should be walking out that door
Well the damn car wouldn't start
Whole thing just fell apart
Oh man it's no use
Gotta get a new excuse
God knows I'm always late
Boss thinks I'm playing games
Better put in overtime
I'm so far behind
Chorus:
I'm a working man in tough times
Gotta heart of gold dipped in grease and grime
Got my hopes and I got my dreams
And one day boy you'll be working for me
I'm a working man, working in tough, tough times

Rumour's got it I don't know
They're moving down to Mexico
Gonna leave us high and dry
In the unemployment line
They got cheap labour down south of the border
Never did finish school but lord knows I ain't a fool
Jerry's got his PHD
And he's making less than me
Sometimes life just ain't what you ordered
Well it's tough times all around
No one's laying money down
Push yourself to the max
Half of that pays the tax
If I had an office job
Life would'nt be so hard
But an achin' back and a calloused hand
Is what makes a man
Chrous:
A working man in tough times
Gotta heart of gold dipped in grease and grime
Got my hopes and I got my dreams
And one-day boy you'll be working for me
A working man ain't no disgrace
A working man in this rat race
It's an honest life
It ain't no crime
To be a working man in tough times
I'm a workingman
Working in tough, tough times
A working man in tough times
Gotta heart of gold dipped in grease and grime
Got my hopes and I got my dreams
And one-day boy you'll be working for me
I'm a working man
Working in tough, tough times
YEAH!
A working man ain't no disgrace
A working man in this rat race
It's an honest life
It ain't no crime
To be a working man in tough times
I'm a working man
Working in tough, tough times
I'm a working man
Working in tough, tough times
I'm a working man
Working in tough, tough times