Intro: verse 1 I'm a hard workin' man, I wear a steel hard hat, I can ride, rope, hammer and paint, do things with my hands that most men can't. I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try, I'm getting really good at barely getting by. verse 2 Got everything I own by the sweat of my brow, from my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots, I owe it all to my blue-collar roots. Feel like I'm workin' overtime on a runaway train, I've got to bust loose from this ball and chain. I'm a hard, hard-workin' man, I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land. And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends, about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind. Solo verse 3 Come Friday night I like to party hard, I carry on with the Cadillac cuties, spend my whole week's pay on some weekend beauty. Come Monday morning I'm the first to arrive, I ain't nothin' but business from nine to five. I'm a hard, hard-workin' man, I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land. And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends, about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind. I can't wait to get up in the mornin', and do it all over again, well, I'm a hard-livin', hard-workin' man.