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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Tommy Shaw
Vocals
Dennis DeYoung
Keyboards
Chuck Panozzo
Bass Guitar
John Panozzo
Drums
James Oliver "Trummy" Young
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tommy Shaw
Songwriter
Styx
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Styx
Producer
Barry Mraz
Engineer
Robin Kingsland
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Give me a job, give me security
Give me a chance to survive
I'm just a poor soul in the unemployment line
My God, I'm hardly alive
[Verse 2]
My mother and father, my wife and my friends
I see them laugh in my face
But I've got the power and I've got the will
I'm not a charity case
[Verse 3]
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keepin' my eye to the keyhole
If it takes all that to be just what I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar man
[Verse 4]
Make me an offer that I can't refuse
Make me a respectable man
This is my last time in the unemployment line
So like it or not
[Verse 5]
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keepin' my back to the wall
If it takes all that to be just what I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar man
[Verse 6]
Keepin' my mind on a better life
Where happiness is only a heartbeat away
Paradise, can it be all I heard it was?
I close my eyes and maybe I'm already there
[Verse 7]
Ooh, ooh ooh yeah
[Verse 8]
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keepin' my back to the wall
All that to be just what I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar man
You don't understand
[Verse 9]
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keepin' my eye to the keyhole
If it takes all that to be just who I am
Well, I vow to be a blue collar, gotta be a blue collar
Gonna be a blue collar man
[Verse 10]
Hey
Believe it
Written by: Tommy Shaw