Merle Haggard & "A Workin' Man Cant Get No Where Today"

For years I’ve been busting my rear To make a living But it ain’t made

For years I’ve been trying to Pay off my bills But they ain’t paid

I owe every dime I make To every soul I know The farther up I reach The farther down I go And this old broken back of mine Is all I’ve got to show And anyway A working man can’t get nowhere today

Lord a workin’ man can’t get nowhere today A workin’ man ain’t got no time to play Today I worked my fanny off And leave it lay A workin’ man can’t get nowhere today

I pay my income tax and the government gives back What I got comin’ Lord but it ain’t much

I pay my child support Cus I’m a law-abiding sort And an easy touch

I starve myself to death Tryin’ to keep my family fed I keep my budget tight Tryin’ to get myself ahead But I’ll still be deep in debt On the day that I fall dead That’s why i say A workin man can’t get nowhere today

Lord a workin’ man can’t get nowhere today A workin’ man ain’t got no time to play Last night I worked my fanny off And leave it lay A workin’ man can’t get nowhere today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ_YTAb3rIo When they sing "you work a 40 hour week for living just to send it on down the line" I hear " You roof a 40 square house for a living just to nail em down on the line" lol