"working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today Lyrics - Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute To Merle Haggard - Merle Haggard

For years I've been busting my rear to make a living 

But it ain't made 

For years I've been trying to pay off my bills 

But they ain't paid 

Oh every dime I make, every soul I know 

Hire by reach, the farther down I go 

This old broken back of mine is all I've got to show 

And anyway 

A working man can't get nowhere today 

Lord, a working man get nowhere today 

A working man ain't got no time to play 

Today I work my fanny off and leave it lay 

A working man can't get nowhere today 

I paid my income tax 

And the government gives back 

But I got coming but it ain't much 

I paid my child support 

'Cause I'm a law abiding sort and an easy touch 

And I starve my self to death 

Trying to keep my family fed 

I keep my budget tight, trying to get myself ahead 

But I'll still be deep in debt the day that I fall dead 

That's why I say 

Lord, a working man can't get nowhere today 

A working man can't get nowhere today 

A working man ain't got no time to play 

Tonight I work my fanny off and leave it lay 

A working man can't get nowhere today 

A working man can't get nowhere today