This workin' all day ain't gettin' me nowhere

Breakin' my back won't get it done

Wish I had a dime, wish I had a dollar

For every dream that I gave up on, that I gave up on

This hammer I'm swingin' is startin' to feel heavy

I clench my fist when I punch the clock

a little for the back leaves nothin' for my baby

Stretchin' my paycheck around the clock



Chorus

I need to go face first into that fresh air

Free up there where the eagle flies

Need to drop the line in that cool clear water

Leave the city behind and get countrified

(Fit to be tied 3rd time only)



A fools gold watch and a lone line of black smoke

Is all I get for all I gave

My only reward for this broken down body was diggin' my way to an early grave

Alway dreamed I'd end up on a river

Fast asleep on a mountain high

But I'm way down here in this concrete valley

In a sea of bumpers and red tail lights, red tail lights



repeat chorus twice



This workin' all day ain't gettin' me nowhere

Breakin' my back won't get it done

Wish I had a dime, wish I had a dollar

For every dream that I gave up on, that I gave up on






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