Workin' Man Like You

Here is a song for a man that I know
Workin' away his life with nothin' to show for it
Just a song and it's all he'll ever get
Cause he's hard to understand and easy to forget
Easy to forget

Brought all his dreams to the land of the free
But he's still a slave to his low wage destiny
Never been afraid to work his fingers to the bone
Buildin' all the mansions that he'll never own
Never call home
Singin'

Hey, hey workin' man, workin' man like you
The hours keep on comin' but your work is never through singin'
Hey hey workin' man, try to get some sleep
Tomorrow there'll be bills to pay and promises to keep

He loves his family the best way he knows how
Six o'clock in the morning and he's already out
Gets home just in time to put the kids to bed
Visions of their future goin' runnin' through his head
Runnin' through his head
Singin'

Hey hey workin' man workin' man like you
Trade your life for pennies but your work is never through
Singin' hey hey workin man, try to get some sleep
Tomorrow there'll be bills to pay and promises to keep

It was a Saturday, the day they laid him down
Finally at rest in that cold hard ground
His children's children will never know the man
But they'll have a chance at a life that he never had
And I know that he'd be glad
Singin'

Hey hey workin' man workin' man like you
Gave your life for another and your work is finally through
Singin' hey hey workin man, try to get some rest
I hope you got a mansion in the city of the blest