Manual Labor

Manual Labor - Billy Joe Shaver

From the garden of eden right on up to today

By the sweat of his brow is how

A mans supposed to earn his pay

But the VIP's and the rich folks of this land

Think manual labor ain't nothing but a mexican

Who swam the rio grande

Manual Labor that old back breaker him

Sure knows how to make a fool out of folks like me

It throws your muscle in hustle and it numbs your brain

Then it hauls you off down the tracks like a run away train

Oh manual labor you you old back breaker you

I must have mistaken you for a true blue friend

You've never been

My youth and my good time spent

Don't know where my money went

I like how the government

Got more than their share oh well who cares

I'm a gettin on a holy road send a dollar to a TV show

God knows how the money goes

When your saving a soul big save-on soul

Oh manual labor you you old back breaker you

I must have mistaken you for a true blue friend

You've never been

My youth and my good time spent

Don't know where my money went

I like how the government

Got more than their share oh well who cares