By the sweat of his brow is how a man's supposed to earn his pay But the VIP's and the rich folks of this land Think manual labor ain't nothing but a Mexican Who swam the Rio Grande Manual labor that old back breaker him Sure knows how to make a fool out of folks like me It throws your muscle in hustle and it numbs your brain Then it hauls you off down the tracks like a run away train Oh, manual labor you, you old back breaker, you I must have mistaken you for a true blue friend you've never been My youth and my good time spent, don't know where my money went I like how the government got more than their share, oh well, who cares? I'm a-gettin' on a holy road, send a dollar to a TV show God knows how the money goes when you're saving a soul, big save-on soul Oh, manual labor you, you old back breaker, you I must have mistaken you for a true blue friend you've never been My youth and my good time spent, don't know where my money went I like how the government got more than their share, oh well, who cares? I'm a-gettin' on a holy road, send a dollar to a TV show God knows how the money goes when you're saving a soul, big save-on soul