It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife

But I have been a working man dang near all my life

Keep on working long as my two hands are fit to use

I'll drink my beer in a tavern

Sing a little bit of these working man blues

I keep my nose on the grindstone

I work hard every day

Might get a little tired on the weekend

After I draw my pay

But 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

I wanna throw my bills out the window

Catch a train to another town

But I go back working I gotta buy

My kids a brand new pair of shoes

Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern

Cry a little bit of these working man blues

Hey hey the working man the working man like me

I ain't never been on welfare that's one place I won't be

Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use

I drink a little beer in a tavern

Sing a little bit of these working man blues

Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern

Cry a little bit of these working man blues