Working Man Blues

Album: A Portrait of Merle Haggard (1969)
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  • It's a big job gettin' by with nine kids and a wife
    But I've been workin' man, dang near all my life but I'll keep workin'
    Long as my two hands are fit to use
    I'll drink my beer at a tavern
    Sing a little bit of these working man blues

    I keep my nose on the grindstone, work hard every day
    Get tired on the weekend, after I draw my pay
    Then I'll go back workin'
    Come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew
    I'll drink a little beer that evening
    Sing a little bit of these working man blues

    Sometimes I think about leaving, do a little bummin' around
    Throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town
    I'll go back working
    I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes
    I drink my beer at a tavern
    Cry a little bit of these working man blues
    Here comes that workin' man

    Well, hey, hey, the working man, the working man like me
    Never been on welfare, 'n that's one place I won't be
    I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use
    I'll drink my little beer in a tavern
    Sing a little bit of these working man blues
    This song for the workin' man Writer/s: Merle Haggard
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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