Top Songs By Hard Working Americans
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Hard Working Americans
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Todd Snider
Songwriter
Dave Schools
Songwriter
Neal Casal
Songwriter
Duane Trucks
Songwriter
Chad Staehly
Songwriter
Jesse Aycock
Songwriter
Hard Working Americans
Arranger
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Everything was shaking
Sky rippled and spit
Brush caught fire
When the lightning hit
The sun had opened
So I could see the land
Lord had twenty commandments for me
[Verse 2]
He said, "Show the world"
He said, "Etch them in stone"
I said, "Shit, man! That sounds like too much work
For just one man alone"
He said "Anyone could do it
I wouldn't need no help"
I said "Screw it then, and do it yourself"
[Verse 3]
I said "Do it yourself, it's complicated"
The sun's coming up and the records fading
[Verse 4]
I asked you to go
You didn't say no
You told me that you would
And then you did not show
And then you told me
You never intended to go
You can't learn something that you already know
[Verse 5]
I made it alone on the road I'm on (I already knew that)
The here and now or the dead and gone (Oh)
Coming home or the running away
You're gonna need my help someday
You're gonna need my help someday
[Verse 6]
When the record faded
Another one played
The quicker it went
The longer we stayed
The longer we stayed
The less we were moved
By the block we paved and the nothing it proved
[Verse 7]
I made it alone on the road I'm on
Here and now or the dead and gone
Coming home or the running away
You're gonna need my help someday
[Verse 8]
I made it alone on the road I'm on (It's complicated)
The here and now or the dead and gone (Oh)
Coming home or the running away
You're gonna need my help someday
You're gonna need my help someday
You're gonna need my help someday
You're gonna need my help someday
(When the record faded)
[Verse 9]
(When the record faded)
You're gonna need my help someday
(When the record faded)
You're gonna need my help someday
(When the record faded)
You're gonna need my help
[Verse 10]
The song wasn't all that complicated
Written by: Chad Staehly, Dave Schools, Duane Trucks, Jesse Aycock, Neal Casal, Todd Snider