I'm a paperback novel
I'm easy to read
Sometimes I have good days
And sometimes I bleed
Sometimes that's the same day
It depends on what you need
I am a hard workin', hard workin' man
I used to work for a butcher
Wanted to cut my neck
He filled my belly full of good food
So I put up with it
And then I was a bartender
But I wouldn't take no
I am a hard workin', hard workin' man
Then I looked down, had a wife and kids
Started electricianin', that's what I did
Doing alright making hourly pay
But my body's aching, gotta stop one day
I can stop now, the bank owns me
I'll be workin' 'til I'm seventy three
Days and nights, eights, twelves, or tens
Monday comes and you do it again
I am a hard workin', I'm a hard workin' man
Making a living doing the best I can
I might be workin' 'til the day I die
That's when I'll punch the big ol' clock in the sky
I am a hard workin', I'm a hard workin' man, yes I am
I am a hard workin', I'm a hard workin' man
I am a hard workin', I'm a hard workin' man
Making a living doing the best I can
I might be workin' 'til the day I die
That's when I'll punch the big ol' clock in the sky
I am a hard workin', I'm a hard workin' man, yes I am
I am a hard workin', I'm a hard workin' man
credits
from Whippoorwill,
released April 16, 2021
"Hard Workin' Man" is performed by The Sure Things:
Dan Gordon — Vocals and Acoustic Guitar
Dani Nash — Drums and Backing Vocals
Ty "Scoop" Trumbull — Banjo
Martin "Nifty" Crawford — Lap Steel
Sean "Boxcar" Beresford — Electric Guitar
Adam Poot "The Boot" — Piano
Fiona Stewart — Fiddle
Joe Ernewein — Bass
Written by Dan Gordon and arranged by The Sure Things
Recorded at Union Sound Company, September 2019
Engineering by Alex “Shakey” Gamble
Assistant engineering by Darren McGill
Mixed at The Hive by Alex "Shakey" Gamble
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