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    I'm a hard workin' man, I wear a steel hard hat,
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    I can ride, rope, hammer and paint,
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    do things with my hands that most men can't.
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    I can't get ahead no matter how hard I try,
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    I'm getting         really good at barely getting by.

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    Got everything I own by the sweat of my brow,
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    from my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots,
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    I owe it all to my blue-collar roots.
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    Feel like I'm workin' overtime on a runaway train,
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    I've got to        bust loose from this ball and chain.

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I'm a hard,         hard-workin' man,
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I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.
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And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,
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about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.

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    Come Friday night I like to party hard,
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    I carry on with the Cadillac cuties,
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    spend my whole week's pay on some weekend beauty.
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    Come Monday morning I'm the first to arrive,
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    I ain't nothin' but business from nine to five.

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I'm a hard,         hard-workin' man,
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I've got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land.
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And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends,
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about the only way to keep the fire going is to out-run the wind.

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    I can't wait to get up in the mornin', and do it all over again,
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    well, I'm a hard-livin', hard-workin' man.
    And women, too.