Every morning I get up before that rooster crows

Headed straight to somewhere I don't even want to go

Eggs and bacon in my belly and a Folger's coffee buzz

Good ol' radar detector it protects me from the fuzz

Well I do what I gotta do to get through working that 9 to 5

It's killing me but then again it's keeping me alive



It puts the gas in my truck, butter on my biscuits,

Couple bucks when I'm itchin', for a scratch-off ticket

That poker makes me broker every Saturday night

But I still got running water and they ain't cut off the lights

Come Friday night my friends and I start peeling off them labels

Working hard all week puts beer on the table



Eighteen bucks an hour and a million dollar tan

All them women whistle at me while I'm working for the man

Making me some cold hard cash out in that summer sun

Come Friday I'll have money but by Monday I'll have none

Once the bills are paid and that bass boat tank has gone from E to F

I fill that big ol' cooler up there ain't a whole lot left



But I got gas in my truck, butter on my biscuits,

Couple bucks when I'm itchin', for a scratch-off ticket

That poker makes me broker every Saturday night

But I still got running water and they ain't cut off the lights

Come Friday night my friends and I start peeling off them labels

Working hard all week puts the beer on the table



Ohhhh, wohhhh, I'm a simple man, yes I am

All I need is a few good friends and a good job,

And a good dog, maybe a woman that understands



An' a little gas in my truck, some butter on my biscuits,

Couple bucks when I'm itchin', for a scratch-off ticket

That poker makes me broker every Saturday night

But I still got running water and they ain't cut off the lights

Come Friday night my friends and I start peeling off them labels

Working hard all week yeah, puts the beer on the table, oh, ah

Puts the beer on the table



Why don't 'cha'll pass me a'nother one of 'dem cold cans?