[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
The man from the government says it’s fine
To walk on over to the free food line
I said to the government, "To be so fair
I don’t want my friends to see me there."

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
I was born and raised in these old hills
I never left ‘em and I nеver will
I’m able-bodied, my friеnds are, too
And all that we want is a job to do
[Chorus]
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

[Verse 4]
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

[Chorus]
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