Workin' Man Blues (Remastered)

Workin' Man Blues (Remastered) - Merle Haggard & The Strangers

It's a big job getting by

With nine kids and a wife

But I've been a working man

Dang near all my life

I'll keep on working

Long as my two hands are fit to use

I drink my beer at a tavern and sing

A little bit of these working man blues

Well I keep my nose on the grindstone

Work hard every day

Get tired on the weekend

After I draw my pay

But I go back workin' come Monday morning

I'm right back with the crew

I drink a little beer that evening

Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Sometimes I think about leaving

Do a little bumming around

Throw my bills out the window

Catch me a train to another town

But I go back working

I got to buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes

I drink my beer at a tavern

And cry a little bit of these working man blues

Here coming workin' man

Well hey hey the working man

The working man like me

Never been on welfare and

That's one place he will not be

He'd be working just as long

As his two hands are fit to use

Might drink a little beer at a tavern

Sing a little bit of them working man blues

This song for the working man