Hard Working Just Ain't Working Anymore

The end of every day puts me standing ten feet further from the place that I need to be.

And a 401K and a so called retirement are two things not in the plans for me,

If I work around the clock I might just make enough to keep the IRS from beatin’ down my

Door.

But that’s only if I still have a door that they can knock.

Hard Working just ain’t working anymore.

I got a wife and two kids and mortgage that’s closer to foreclosure than I care to say.

I got two stacks of bills, and the one that’s getting higher is filled with things I can’t afford to

Pay.

Every time I start believin’ that I’m finally gettin’ even something knocks me down to where I

Was before,

By the time my mind and back are broken the only words left to be spoken,

Hard working just ain’t working anymore.

Hard working just ain’t working anymore.

What used to give a dollar I can’t get a nickel for,

And a handshake ain’t worth nothin’ at the local grocery store.

Hard working just ain’t working anymore.

I take the jobs that I can take, and I make what I can make, and I take a lot but I don’t make too

Much.

I been drivin’ me and this old truck into the ground with a bald right rear tire and a burned out

Clutch.

Well you sure can’t do much livin’ when you’re livin’ month to month not knowing’ what the

Next month holds in store,

And I can’t stand to think about all the things we’ll have to do without,

Cause Hard working just ain’t working anymore.

Hard working just ain’t working anymore.

What used to give a dollar I can’t get a nickel for,

And a handshake ain’t worth nothin’ at the local grocery store.

And by the time my mind and back are broken the only words left to be spoken,

Hard working just ain’t working anymore.

Hard working just ain’t working anymore.