Tom Paxton - A Job Of Work lyrics

I hate unemployment and I'll tell you why I wanna keep working ‘til the day I die I like to work, I do it well and when I can't feed my family Lord I feel like hell Lord, give me a job of work to do Lord, give me a job of work to do That's all I want, that's all I ask of you The man from the government says it's fine To walk on over to the free food line Nice of the government to be so fair But I don't want my friends to see me there Lord, give me a job of work to do Lord, give me a job of work to do That's all I want, that's all I ask of you I was born and raised in these old hills I never left ‘em and I never will I'm able-bodied, my friends are, too And all that we want is a job to do Lord, give me a job of work to do Lord, give me a job of work to do That's all I want, that's all I ask of you Well, these are the worst times I have seen I don't want to seem ungrateful or mean But a man's got to raise his family And I can't stand to raise ‘em on charity Lord, give me a job of work to do Lord, give me a job of work to do That's all I want, that's all I ask of you