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

I been a working man dang near all my life

I'll be 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 working 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

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

Because 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

Sometimes I think about leaving do a little bumming around

I want to throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town

But I go back working

I got to 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

I drink a little beer in a tavern

Sing a little bit of these working man blues