Work to Do

I feel like I'm in a plywood boat

Chock full of holes and barely afloat

When the coal black water comes creepin' up in

You grab a bucket or you're gonna swim

I got work to do

I got work to do

Daddy done told me now I know it's true

Till the day I die I got work to do

Well, I got ahead once but it never did last

Work takes over like Johnson grass

When you got jobs growin' up like weeds

It ain't what you want, it's what you need

I got work to do

I got work to do

If I had a minute, well I might be blue

But I ain't got time, I got work to do

Well, the job don't care 'bout the wind and rain

Job ain't ever gonna feel your pain

The day might end but the job goes on

Right there waitin' in the cold gray dawn

I got work to do

I got work to do

Miles to go before the day is through

And I can't stop now, I got work to do

Well, now I ain't the man that I used to be

With a woman like you lyin' next to me

Tell me what it's gonna take to keep you true

Honey baby, I know I got work to do

I got work to do

I got work to do

Momma done said it, now I say it too

Till the day I die I got work to do

I got work to do

Daddy done told me, now I know it's true

Till the day I die I got work to do