I'm workin' hard from mornin' to night 
My shoulder bent into the wheel 
I get home, you start to run me down 
How do you think it makes me feel? 
Your lashing tongue, it hurts my soul 
I start to think and then I lose control 
I'm not movin' like I know I should 
But feelin' like I like to feel 
And I spent my days just foolin' around 
I can't function, honey, when you run me down 
Oh, darlin' don't you run me down 
I gotta make a little fortune 
So I can bring it on home to you 
You're only hurtin' yourself, my friend 
Treatin' me the way you do 
My hands are tied behind my back 
I'm drinking dinner from a paper sack 
Everyday is the fourth in July 
And I'm nothin' but an April Fool 
Well, I spent my days just cruising around 
I can't function, honey, when you run me down 
Oh, darlin' don't you run me down 
I'm half a man with half a heart 
I hear you laugnin' then I fall apart 
I'd like to put it on the table 
But I'm lost before I even start 
You do me wrong and it's bringin' me down 
My idle ways are the talk of the town 
You make me feel like a do nothing clown 
I can't function, honey, when you run me down 
Oh, darlin' don't you run me down 
Oh, darlin' don't you run me down 
Yea, don't you run me down, darlin' 
It's not polite in public, public 
Down here in front of Abraham and his brother 
I was a W now, I'm an L 
Something wrong with my playin' drums 
He was right