A 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.

I owe every dime I make, every sould 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 got no time to play

Today I work my fanny off and 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, but it ain’t much

I paid my child support 'cause I’m a law abiing sort

And easy touch, yet I starve myself to death.

Tryin' to keep my family fed, I keep my budget tight

Tryin' to keep myself ahead but I’d still be dee in debt

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

Lord, a working man can’t get nowhere today.

Well a working man can’t get nowhere today

A working man ain’t got no time to play

Tonight I work my fanny off and leave it lay

A working man can’t get nowhere today.

A working man can’t get nowhere today…