Honest Work

And I watch the night turn into day

Grab my keys and make my way, I'm headed east

And I'll put some gas into the truck

I'm downing coffees by the cup, I never sleep

When you get to where you're going

Grab your shovel and start making your way down

Hell, I've been digging holes like this for twenty years

And will be till I'm in the ground

When the day is finally over

It's a couple hours back to my old place

Single bedroom with a bathroom

I live alone, I don't take up much space

And I wrestle off my dirty clothes

And I try to get the mud from out my nails

Then I crawl back into bed

Twenty years, the same routine without a fail

Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh

And oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

And I try to sleep, but I'm in pain

And I can't make it go away, so I just hurt

And every night is more the same

I have this dream where I am drowning under dirt

And I like to think for all it's worth

At least I'm doing honest work, ain't it a shame

That I've been trading sweat on wages

Twenty years, and I got nothing to my name

And I used to wanna make you mine

Somewhere down along the line, I bellied up

And all the dreams I have today

Were just the same as yesterday's, just grown up

Now I'm old for forty-three

Digging holes for almost free, ain't it a shame

That I've been trading dreams on wages

Twenty years, and all I've got are aches and pains

And oh, oh, whoa, whoa, oh

And oh, oh, whoa, whoa, oh

And I try to sleep, but I'm in pain

And I can't make it go away, so I just hurt

And every night is more the same

I have this dream where I am drowning under dirt