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Artist: Blackberry Smoke
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Workin' for a Workin' Man
Read Workin' for a Workin' Man lyrics by Blackberry Smoke on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Workin' for a Workin' Man
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Stand in line to get your brand new blues
How you gonna win when we were born to lose
The last man I saw standing
He could barely stand at all
I might ease out into the ether
Before anybody knows I’m gone
This bait and switch it’s a son of a bitch
It ain’t workin’ for a workin’ man
I got to shuck and jive just to even survive
It ain’t workin’ for a workin’ man
Here we go again it’s the same damn thing
Everything they give is on the end of a string
I want the biggest side of the wishbone
All I got is already gone
I need a little good with the bad now brother
You can’t get no blood from a stone
This bait and switch it’s a son of a bitch
It ain’t workin’ for a workin’ man
I got to shuck and jive just to even survive
It ain’t workin’ for a workin’ man
Feeling shot at and missed
Or maybe shit at and hit
It ain’t workin’ for a workin’ man
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