Manual Labor-Billy Joe Shaver

[ti:Manual Labor] [ar:Billy Joe Shaver] [al:The Complete Columbia Recordings ('81-'87)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Manual Labor - Billy Joe Shaver [00:00.02]Written by：Billy Joe Shaver [00:00.04] [00:15.53]From the garden of eden right on up to today [00:20.28] [00:22.74]By the sweat of his brow is how [00:25.00]A mans supposed to earn his pay [00:26.97] [00:29.96]But the VIP's and the rich folks of this land [00:34.62] [00:37.11]Think manual labor ain't nothing but a mexican [00:41.56]Who swam the rio grande [00:44.02] [00:44.79]Manual Labor that old back breaker him [00:48.70] [00:51.86]Sure knows how to make a fool out of folks like me [00:55.76] [00:59.03]It throws your muscle in hustle and it numbs your brain [01:03.05] [01:05.93]Then it hauls you off down the tracks like a run away train [01:10.38] [01:12.33]Oh manual labor you you old back breaker you [01:18.26] [01:19.50]I must have mistaken you for a true blue friend [01:25.12]You've never been [01:26.96]My youth and my good time spent [01:29.20] [01:30.46]Don't know where my money went [01:32.92] [01:34.14]I like how the government [01:36.64] [01:37.66]Got more than their share oh well who cares [01:41.50]I'm a gettin on a holy road send a dollar to a TV show [01:47.48] [01:48.65]God knows how the money goes [01:51.14] [01:52.23]When your saving a soul big save-on soul [01:55.81] [02:10.72]Oh manual labor you you old back breaker you [02:16.83] [02:17.95]I must have mistaken you for a true blue friend [02:23.38]You've never been [02:25.55]My youth and my good time spent [02:27.77] [02:28.95]Don't know where my money went [02:31.37] [02:32.57]I like how the government [02:35.26] [02:36.25]Got more than their share oh well who cares