I get up on Monday and I work all day I go 'til Friday when I get my pay I'm a long, long way from the promised land I'm just a working man It ain't so bad in this factory town I drink with my buddies when the sun go down Some of you people may not understand No, no, I'm just a working man I'm just a working man I'm a working man, that's what I do I'm a working man just like you I'm a working man, I know who I am I sweat for my money and I work with my hands Working man, working man Working man, I'm just a working man Hear me people, I'm just a working man Only one way to beat the small town blues Take off your boots, put on your rock 'n' roll shoes Come over there, baby 'cause I've got something to say We're gonna rock our troubles away I'm a working man I'm a working man You've got to understand I'm just a working man Working man, I'm a working man Working man, I'm just a working man Just like you, I'm a working man