[Chorus]
Please help the working man, bless them machines
They don't need me anymore, but I need them bread and beans (hear me talking to ya)
Need them bread and beans

[Verse 1]
They got a brand new machine at Jones' farm
To pick all of their corn
If they gonna keep on a-making machines
Why was I ever born? Won't you tell me now
Why was I ever born?

[Chorus]
Please help the working man, bless them machines
They don't need me anymore, but I need them brеad and beans (hear me talking to ya)
Need thеm bread and beans

[Verse 2]
They got a brand new machine at the factory
To punch out all of the holes
That machine is sitting in a good warm place
I'm a-sitting out here in the cold, unemployed
A-sitting out here in the cold

[Chorus]
Please help the working man, bless them machines
They don't need me anymore, but I need them bread and beans (hear me talking to ya)
Need them bread and beans
[Verse 3]
So many machines in my house
It's a mighty little loving I get
I lost my daughter to a record machine
My wife to the TV set, Mr. Casey got her
Wife to the TV set

[Chorus]
Please help the working man, bless them machines
They don't need me anymore, but I need them bread and beans (hear me talking to ya)
Need them bread and beans
Please help the working man, bless them machines
They don't need me anymore, but I need them bread and beans (hear me talking to ya)
Need them bread and beans