I DEDICATE THIS SONG
TO THE WORKIN' MAN
FOR EVERY MAN
THAT PUTS IN EIGHT OR
TEN HARD HOURS A DAY
OF WORK AND TOIL
AND SWEAT
HE'S ALWAYS GOT
SOMEBODY LOOKIN'
DOWN HIS NECK
TRYIN' TO GET MORE
OUT OF HIM
THAN HE REALLY OUGHT
TO HAVE TO PUT IN
AFTER TWENTY-NINE
LONG YEARS OF WORKIN'
IN THIS SHOP
WITH ONEY
STANDIN' OVER ME
TODAY WHEN THAT OLD
WHISTLE BLOWS
I'LL CHECK IN
ALL MY GEAR
AND I'LL RETIRE
THE SUPERINTENDENT
JUST DROPPED BY
SAID THEY'D PLANNED
MY LITTLE GET TOGETHER
THEN HE SAID
I'D NEVER MADE IT
IF OLD ONEY
HADN'T 'A HELD ME
TO THE FIRE
I'VE SEEN HIM
IN MY DREAMS AT NIGHT
AND WOKE UP
IN THE MORNIN'
FEELIN' TIRED
AND OLD ONEY
DON'T REMEMBER
WHEN I CAME HERE
HOW HE TRIED
TO GET ME FIRED
WITH HIS FOLDED HANDS
BEHIND HIM
EVERY MORNIN'
ONEY WAITED
AT THE GATE
WHERE HE'D RANT
AND RAVE
LIKE I'D COMMITTED
MURDER
CLOCKIN' IN
FIVE MINUTES LATE
BUT TODAY
THEY'LL GATHER
'ROUND ME
LIKE I'VE SEEN 'EM DO
WHEN ANY MAN RETIRES
THEN OLD ONEY'S GONNA
TELL ME FROM NOW ON
I'M FREE TO DO
WHAT I DESIRE
HE'LL PRESENT ME
WITH THAT LITTLE
OLD GOLD WATCH
THEY GIVE A MAN
AT TIMES LIKE THIS
BUT THERE'S ONE THING
HE'S NOT COUNTIN' ON
TODAY'S THE DAY
I GIVE OLD ONEY HIS
HA HA HA HA
I'VE BEEN WORKIN'
BUILDIN' MUSCLES
ONEY'S JUST BEEN
STANDIN' 'ROUND
'A GETTIN' SOFT
AND TODAY
ABOUT FOUR THIRTY
I'LL MAKE UP FOR EVERY
GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
I'VE LOST
WHEN I'M GONE
I'LL BE REMEMBERED
AS A WORKIN' MAN
THAT PUT HIS
POINT ACROSS
WITH A RIGHT HAND
FULL OF KNUCKLES
'CAUSE TODAY
I SHOW OLD ONEY
WHO'S THE BOSS
Hmm WHAT TIME IS IT
FOUR THIRTY
HEY ONEY
ONEY
HA HA HA HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA