[Verse 1: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram]
I'm a hard-workin' man
I wear a steel hard hat
I can ride, rope, hammer, and paint
Do things with my hands that most men can't
Can't get ahead, no matter how hard I try
I'm gettin' really good at barely gettin' by
Barely gettin' by

[Verse 2: Brooks & Dunn]
Got everything I own
By the sweat of my brow
From my four-wheel drive to my cowboy boots
I owe it all to my blue-collar roots
Feel like I'm workin' overtime on a runaway train
Got to bust loose from this ball and chain

[Chorus: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram & Brooks & Dunn]
I'm a hard, hard workin' man
I got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land
And I'm burnin' my candle at both ends
Only way to keep the fire goin' is to outrun the wind

[Piano & Violin Solo]

[Verse 3: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram & Brooks & Dunn]
Come Friday night
I like to party hard
I carry on with the Cadillac cuties
Spend my whole week's pay on somе weekend beauty
Monday mornin', I'm the first to arrivе
I ain't nothin' but business, from nine to five
[Chorus: Brooks & Dunn & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram]
I'm a hard, hard, workin' man, hard workin' man
I got it all on the line for a piece of the promised land
Well, I'm burnin' my candle, my candle at both ends, at both ends
'Bout the only way to keep the fire goin' is to outrun the wind

[Outro: Brooks & Dunn & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram]
I can't wait to get up in the morning, can't wait to do it again, and do it all over again
Yeah, I'm a hard-livin', hard-workin' man