Hard Hat and a Hammer

Lace-up boots and faded jeans

A homemade sandwich and half a jug of tea

Average Joe, average pay

Same ol' end, same ol' day

But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer

Kind of glue that sticks this world together

Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land

God bless the workin' man

All week long, makin' a livin'

Life keeps takin', He keeps giving

Behind the scene, below the grade

Hardly noticed, but part of everything

But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer

Kind of glue that sticks this world together

Hands of steel and cradle of the promised land

God bless the workin' man

He gives his life, then fades away

Another young man takes his place

Average Joe, average pay

The same ol' end, the same ol' day

But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer

Kind of glue that sticks this world together

Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land

No, there's nothin' wrong with a hard hat and a hammer

Kind of glue that sticks this world together

Hands of steel and cradle of the promised land

God bless the workin' man

The workin' man

Oh, the workin' man

And woman