Workin' Man Blues-Merle Haggard

[00:08.62]It's a big job just gettin' by with nine kids and a wife [00:14.51]I been a workin' man dang near all my life [00:19.00]I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use [00:28.41]I'll drink my beer in a tavern [00:31.08]Sing a little bit of these working man blues [00:37.85]I keep my nose on the grindstone I work hard every day [00:42.39]Might get a little tired on the weekend after I draw my pay [00:46.49]But I'll go back workin [00:49.27]Come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew [00:56.13]I'll drink a little beer that evening [00:58.65]Sing a little bit of these working man blues [01:02.32]Sometimes I think about leaving do a little bummin around [01:05.19]I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town [01:14.20]But I go back working I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes [01:23.56]Yeah drink a little beer in a tavern [01:26.16]Cry a little bit of these working man blues [01:30.10]Hey hey the working man [01:35.56] [01:59.67]Hey hey the working man the working man like me [02:04.34]I ain't never been on welfare that's one place I won't be [02:08.74]Cause I'll be working long as my two hands are fit to use [02:17.74]I drink a little beer in a tavern [02:20.30]Sing a little bit of these working man blues [02:24.31]Yeah the working man [02:27.82]