[00:00.00]Workin' Man Blues - Merle Haggard
[00:12.53]It's a big job gettin' by with
[00:15.12]Nine kids and a wife
[00:19.64]You know I've been a workin'
[00:21.39]Man dang near all my life
[00:23.61]I'll keep on working long as
[00:27.25]My two hands are fit to use
[00:33.31]I drink my beer at a tavern and sing
[00:35.97]A little bit of these working man blues
[00:42.54]Well I keep my nose on the grindstone
[00:44.94]Work hard every day
[00:47.70]Get tired on the weekend
[00:49.23]After I draw my pay
[00:50.96]But I go back workin'
[00:53.97]Come Monday mornin'
[00:54.94]I'm right back with the crew
[01:00.83]I drink a little beer that evening
[01:03.36]Sing a little bit of these working man blues
[01:09.89]Sometimes I think about leavin'
[01:12.50]Do a little bummin' around
[01:15.14]Throw my bills out the window
[01:16.44]Catch me a train to another town
[01:18.46]But I go back workin'
[01:21.22]I got to buy my kids
[01:22.49]A brand new pair of shoes
[01:28.09]I drink my beer at a tavern and cry
[01:30.79]A little bit of these workin' man blues
[01:35.65]Here comin' workin' man
[02:04.19]Well hey hey the working man
[02:06.48]The working man like me
[02:09.39]Never been on welfare and
[02:10.87]That's one place he will not be
[02:12.79]He'd be workin' just as long
[02:16.10]As his two hands are fit to use
[02:22.38]Might drink a little beer at a tavern sing
[02:24.98]A little bit of them workin' man blues
[02:30.15]This song for the working man