I'm a hard-working man I wear a steel hard hat I can ride, rope, hammer and paint Do things with my hands that most men can't Can't get ahead no matter how hard I try I'm getting really good at barely getting by Barely getting by Got everything I own by the sweat of my brow From my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots I owe it all to my blue-collar roots Feel like I'm working overtime on a runaway train Got to bust loose from this ball and chain I'm a hard, hard-working man I got it all on the line For a piece of the promised land And I'm burning my candle at both ends The only way to keep the fire going is to outrun the wind Come Friday night I like to party hard I carry on with the Cadillac cuties Spend my whole week's pay on some weekend beauty Monday morning I'm the first to arrive Ain't nothing but business from nine 'til five I'm a hard, hard-working man I got it all on the line For a piece of the promised land Well, I'm burning my candle, my candle at both ends, at both ends 'Bout the only way to keep the fire going is to outrun the wind I can't wait to get up in the morning And do it all over again I got it all on the line For a piece of the promised land I can't wait to get up in the morning And do it all over again Yeah. I'm a hard-living, hard-working man