Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today - Merle Haggard

For years I’ve been bustin' my rear

To make a livin' but it ain’t made

For years I’ve been tryin' to pay off my bills

But they ain’t paid

Oh, every dime I make, every soul I know

The higher up I reach, the further 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 working man can’t get nowhere today

A working man ain’t go no time to play

Today I work my leave it lay

A working man can’t get nowhere today

I pay my income tax and the government gives back

What I got coming, lord, it ain’t much

I pay my child support 'cause I’m a law abiding soul

And an easy touch starve myself to death

Kinda keep my family fit, I keep my budget tight

Kinda get myself ahead

But I’d still be deep in debt

The day that I fall dead, that’s why I say

Lord, a working man can’t get nowhere today

A working man can’t get nowhere today

A working man ain’t go no time to play

Tonight I work my leave it lay

A working man can’t get nowhere today

A working man can’t get nowhere today