It's a big job just getting by with nine kids and a wife I've been a working man dang near all my life I'll be working as long as these two hands are fit to use I'll drink a little beer at a tavern And I'll cry some of these working man blues I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day Might get a little tired on the weekends, right after I draw my pay I'll be working, come Monday morning I'm right back with the crew I'll drink a little beer in the evening And I'll cry some of these working man blues I said hey hey, the working man, the working man like me I ain't never been on welfare, and that's one place I won't be I'll be working, gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes And I'll drink a little beer in the evening And I'll cry some of these working man blues