Workin' Man's Dollar-Chris Ledoux

[ti:Workin' Man's Dollar] [ar:Chris Ledoux] [al:American Cowboy CD3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:12.62]Well I'm just a Workin' Man's Dollar [00:14.94]In the pocket of his old blue jeans [00:17.87]I ain't like my Wall Street brother [00:20.37]He's in a bank so shiny and clean [00:23.13]Well I'm faded and I'm wrinkled [00:26.25]Tattered and stained with sweat [00:28.69]But I'm the 1st one called [00:30.56]When Uncle Sam Needs a hand with the National Debt [00:38.87]I've been wages for the farm hand [00:41.62]For drivin' an old John Deere [00:44.12]I've been laid on a bar in a tavern [00:46.75]To buy a workin' man an ice-cold beer [00:49.69]I've been tipped to a truck-stop waitress [00:52.68]Taped where I was torn [00:55.31]And in the hand of a child I was laid on a plate [00:58.62]In a church on Sunday morn [01:02.38]They say I'm the root of all evil [01:05.13]I bring lust power and greed [01:07.82]But this Workin' Man's Dollar only buys the things [01:12.81]A workin' man really needs [01:25.57]Well they say I'm worth about fifty-cents [01:27.87]In this modern inflated age [01:31.00]But don't tell that to the young man slavin' [01:33.62]To make it on a minimum wage [01:36.13]Or that single workin' mother [01:38.81]She's been scapin' to make ends meet [01:41.69]To make a house a home [01:43.31]Keep food on the table [01:44.81]And shoes on her baby's feet [01:51.68]Well I know my days are numbered [01:54.43]I'm gettin' threadbare and wearin' thin [01:57.18]And they'll replace me with another [01:59.81]But I'd do it all again [02:02.94]Cuz I've seen this great big country [02:05.62]Passed from hand to callused hand [02:08.50]And I've got to say that I'm mighty proud [02:11.31]That I belong to a workin' man [02:15.62]They say I'm the root of all evil [02:18.31]I bring lust power and greed [02:21.06]But this Workin' Man's Dollar only buys the things [02:25.75]A workin' man really needs