[Chorus]
Well I'm not lookin' for an occupation I just wanna go home
They're holdin' me a ticket at the Greyhound station I'm still payin' off
I never learned to sell folks nothin', I wasn't raised to steal or rob
I'm lookin' for a backbone job

Well I can pick and shovel, I can hang drywall
Swing a nine pound hammer, pull a cross-cut saw
A post-hole digger or barbwire strand
I don't mind work but I'm a backbone man

[Verse 3]
I'm not dumb but I ain't been to college, I never got the first degree
And now-a-days everybody's makin' a livin' tappin' on a TV screen
Now I'm not down on a man's white collar, I don't mean to be a snob
I'm just a-lookin' for a backbone job

[Chorus]
Well I can pick and shovel, I can hang drywall
Swing a nine pound hammer, pull a cross-cut saw
A post-hole digger or barbwire strand
I don't mind work but I'm a backbone man

Well I'm not lookin' for an occupation I just wanna go home
They're holdin' me a ticket at the Greyhound station I'm still payin' off
I never learned to sell folks nothin', I wasn't raised to steal or rob
I'm lookin' for a backbone job
[Post-Chorus]
Just lookin' for a backbone job
Yeah I'm lookin' for a backbone job