Merle Haggard & "A Workin' Man Cant Get No Where Today"

For years I’ve been busting my rear To make a living But it ain’t made

For years I’ve been trying to Pay off my bills But they ain’t paid

I owe every dime I make To every soul I know The farther up I reach The farther down I go And this old broken back of mine Is all I’ve got to show And anyway A working man can’t get nowhere today

Lord a workin’ man can’t get nowhere today A workin’ man ain’t got no time to play Today I worked my fanny off And leave it lay A workin’ man can’t get nowhere today

I pay my income tax and the government gives back What I got comin’ Lord but it ain’t much

I pay my child support Cus I’m a law-abiding sort And an easy touch

I starve myself to death Tryin’ to keep my family fed I keep my budget tight Tryin’ to get myself ahead But I’ll still be deep in debt On the day that I fall dead That’s why i say A workin man can’t get nowhere today

Lord a workin’ man can’t get nowhere today A workin’ man ain’t got no time to play Last night I worked my fanny off And leave it lay A workin’ man can’t get nowhere today

NOthing has changed since before my granddaddy was born. The rich get richer and the poor hve kids. No good deed will go unpunished. and the government is screwing us, and using us to enforce it on all of the rest of us. Go figure!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ_YTAb3rIo When they sing "you work a 40 hour week for living just to send it on down the line" I hear " You roof a 40 square house for a living just to nail em down on the line" lol