Working Mans Blues

Philbo King performing 'Working Mans Blues' live at the Artisan Center, Marion Iowa during the Marion Art Festival on May 19, 2018. Lyrics and Music (c) 2017 Philbo King Music Many many years working every day Putting in my time and bringing home my pay Everybody tells me it's got to be this way And I keep thinking there's got to be a way around these dues And I keep going back there, doing the working man blues Well, I watched my father working forty years Paying his bills, keeping his family near One day they told him here's the news you feared As hard as you worked for us Now we've got no use for you You put in your time for us Doing the working man's blues Now I got a house and wife and three boys of my own And I had to keep 'em fed and love them as they grow Send them out into the world to build some castles of their own Putting in the days and weeks Playing the working man's blues Years go by, here I sit Still paying working man dues Yeah, I'm still working, paying my dues Feel like I'm walking in my daddy's shoes Those boys in the suits they just don't have a clue And I'm still working Paying the working man dues Every day's another day Singing the working man's blues Working man's blues Working man's blues Working man's blues