Lyrics

You may be living’ day to day
Still dying’ just the same
Caught up in the world outside
Still standing’ in the rain
You keeps swinging’ like a hammer
Chains wrapped around your name
breathing’ but burning’ out
While everybody plays the game
Working’ hard both day and night
no time to take a break
Boss man says “just one more push”
While my back’s about to break
Everybody wants a piece me
Till there’s nothing’ left of you
Still I lace these boots up tight
Got too much left to prove
Spent forty hours in the dust and mud
Underneath that blazing’ sun
Won’t slow down, won’t cut it short
They’re counting on me to get it done
I’m living’ and I’m dying’
Trying’ to survive
blisters on these worn-out hands
keeping’ the hope alive
Pay this man what he is owed
For the blood and sweat I gave
I’m living’ and I’m dying’
to make this dream
Rise up from the grave
Old truck shaken’ down the highway
Gas light -blinking low fuel red
Got a woman waiting- at the house
these worries in my head
Bills stacked on the counter top
Tight rope around my neck
These dollars disappear
Once I cash the check
Till I find another road
Another way to take a breath
I’ll keep swinging’ with these calloused hands
Heart beating in my chest
a fire burns inside my soul
The world can’t take away
You can bet I’ll keep fighting’
Till they carry me away
Spent forty hours in the dust and mud
Underneath that blazing’ sun
Won’t slow down, won’t cut it short
They’re counting on me to get it done
I’m living’ and I’m dying’
Trying’ to survive
blisters on these worn-out hands
keeping’ the hope alive
Pay this man what he is owed
For the blood and sweat I gave
I’m living’ and I’m dying’
to make this dream
Rise up from the grave
The rich man has his high-rise view
I stand secure upon the ground
It takes a backbone to do the job I do
Hardest workers – pound for pound
Some engines roar like thunder
Guitars will scream my pain
Don’t play with me – I made it clear
Got no time for silly games
I’m living’ and I’m dying’
Trying’ to survive
blisters on these worn-out hands
keeping’ the hope alive
Pay this man what he is owed
For the blood and sweat I gave
I’m living’ and I’m dying’
to make this dream
Rise up from the grave

Yeah…
I’m living and I’m dying…
Underneath that mid-day sun…
Livin’ and dying’…
Just to get it done.