It’s a big job just gettin’ by with nine kids and a wifeBut I’ve been a workin’ man dang near all of my lifeAnd I’ll keep on workin’ long as my two hands are fit to useI’ll drink my beer in a tavern and sing a little bit of these workin’ man bluesI’ll keep my nose to the grindstone work hard everydayMight get a little tired on weekends after I draw my payI’ll go back workin’ come Monday mornin’ I’m right back with the crewI’ll drink a little beer that evening and sing a little bit of these workin’ man bluesSometimes I think about leaving do a little bummin’ aroundWanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another townI go back workin’ gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoesI’ll drink a little beer in a tavern and cry a little bit of these workin’ man bluesWork on it Pete Wade[ guitar ]Well hey hey the workin’ man workin’ man like meI ain’t never been on welfare that’s one place I won’t beBut I’ll be a workin’ long as my two hands are fit to useI’ll drink my beer in a tavern and sing a little bit of these workin’ man bluesThis song’s for the workin’ man