I'm a hard workin' man, I wear a steel hard hat,
I can ride, rope, hammer and paint,
do things with my hands that most men can't.
I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try,
I'm getting really good at barely getting by.
verse 2
Got everything I own by the sweat of my brow,
from my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots,
I owe it all to my blue-collar roots.
Feel like I'm workin' overtime on a runaway train,
I've got to bust loose from this ball and chain.
I'm a hard, hard-workin' man,
I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.
And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,
about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.
Solo
verse 3
Come Friday night I like to party hard,
I carry on with the Cadillac cuties,
spend my whole week's pay on some weekend beauty.
Come Monday morning I'm the first to arrive,
I ain't nothin' but business from nine to five.
I'm a hard, hard-workin' man,
I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.
And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,
about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.
I can't wait to get up in the mornin', and do it all over again,
well, I'm a hard-livin', hard-workin' man.