Lindisfarne - Working For The Man lyrics

Clements-Hull There was a whole lot of money, he said I'd soon be earning there was a whole lot of papers that I didn't understand. There was a whole lot of talk about keeping some beacon burnin' and the next thing I knew I was working for the man. It took a whole lot of shovin' to keep that motor turning it took a whole lot of breaking my back 'til I could hardly stand it took a whole lot of keeping that midnight candle burning that's the lesson you learn when you working for the man. Chorus: Working for the man you know exactly where you stand last in line and working for the man. I did a whole of thinking how to get them tables turning I did a whole lot of acting like I'm doing the best I can I did a whole lot of biting my tongue just to keep on learning that's the lesson you learn when you working for the man. Chorus: Working for the man you know exactly where you stand last in line and working for that man. I got a whole lot to show for it since the day I started I got lines on my faces, I got blisters on my hand I got debts to the company, but I don't get down hearted I still got the privilege working for the man I still got the privilege working for the man. Working, working, working, working.