It's a big job just getting by with nine kids and a wife Jerry Lee's been a workin' man dang near all his life And I'll keep working long as these two hands are fit to use I'll drink my beer in a tavern Sing a little bit of them working man blues, yeah Well, I keep my nose on the grindstone, I work hard every day I might get a little drunk on the weekend after I draw my pay I'll go back working long as these two hands are fit to use I'll drink my whiskey at evening Sing a little bit of them working man blues Sometimes I think about leaving, I do a little bumming around I wanna throw my bills out the window catch a train to another town I go back working, I gotta buy my kids a brand new pair of shoes And I drink my whiskey in a tavern Cry a little bit of them a working man blues I drink a little beer in a tavern Sing a little bit of them a working man blues Yeah, drink my beer in a tavern Cry a little bit of them a working man blues