Sixteen-hour days, overworked and underpaid

Was just a way of life for my old man′s old man

If there's one thing I′ve learnedWhat you make is what you earn

And you stick it out without sticking out your hand

Getting by on getting by, it ain't no joke

We got a name for things 'round here that don′t work

Broke

If we fell on hard times, oh, well, I′d spend my last dime

Making sure I kept my family fed

Yeah, but some old poor folks will choose

To blow it all on booze

And half the time it's that fool that ends up with half my cheque

Too much month at the end of your money

A day in the life of a man from the country

Breaking your back, and working your knuckles to the bone, bone, bone

We don′t live off another man's dollar

Just sweat and red dirt stained on a blue collar, our 9-to-5 is a 5 to 9

All day long

Getting by on, getting by, it ain′t no joke, no

Yeah, we got a name for things round here that don't work

Broke

It ain′t much of a life when you live that life for free

Yeah, sitting 'round all-day, never sat quite right with me

Too much month at the end of your money

A day in the life of a man from the country

Breaking your back, and working your knuckles to the bone, bone, bone

Come on

We don't live off another man′s dollar

Just sweat and red dirt stained on a blue collar, our 9-to-5 is a 5 to 9

All day long

Getting by on, getting by, it ain′t no joke, no

We got a name for things 'round here that don′t work

Broke

Broke