Workin' this job is a kick in the pants Workin' this job is like a knife in the back It ain't gettin' me further than the dump I live in It ain't gettin' me further than the next paycheck Workin' this job is like lightin' two fuses Workin' this job is runnin' out of excuses It's like a dead-end when a road map is useless Until I'm dead and there's nothin' to show for my uses
Nobody told me it'd be easy Or for that matter, it'd be so hard But it's the livin' and learnin' It makes the difference It makes it all worthwhile It makes it all worthwhile
Workin' this job, there's nothin' left but to hate it I won't get as far as my daddy made it It aint gettin' me farther for all my strivin' In the dead-end I live or the piece of shit I'm drivin'
Nobody told me it'd be easy Or for that matter, it'd be so hard But it's the livin' and learnin' It makes the difference It makes it all worthwhile It makes it all worthwhile
Sometimes I dream that I had aimed my life in different ways But there was nothin' to show me a way to get me outta this place So I just did what my daddy did before me Only to find the only door I found was closed to me
Workin' this job, I thought it sucked when I had it Now it is gone and I'm learnin' what that is I'm tryin' to hang in to the worst of places But a family can't live on these fast food wages
Nobody told me it'd be easy Or for that matter, it'd be so hard But it's the livin' and learnin' It makes the difference It makes it all worthwhile It makes it all worthwhile
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