Work and Bone

Verse 1

Stretching my back on the gravel drive

Half past five and I feel alive

Cold steel morning biting at my skin

Clock is ticking let the shift begin

Pre-Chorus

Hands are stained

Back is strained

Still I go

Where I go

Chorus

Give me forty hours for the rent and the beer

Work so hard I drown the fear

Built this county with my own two hands

Simple man on simple lands

Give me forty hours

Give me forty hours

Verse 2

Stacking the crates till the sun goes down

Old man Jenkins is the king of town

My name is dirt on a copper plate

Poured the water through the rusted gate

Pre-Chorus

Nails are torn

Soul is worn

Still I stay

Every day

Chorus

Give me forty hours for the rent and the beer

Work so hard I drown the fear

Built this county with my own two hands

Simple man on simple lands

Give me forty hours

Give me forty hours

Bridge

Maybe there's a ladder but I don't see the rungs

Coughing up the carbon from the bottom of my lungs

Steel and stone

Work and bone

I do it all alone

Chorus

Give me forty hours for the rent and the beer

Work so hard I drown the fear

Built this county with my own two hands

Simple man on simple lands

Give me forty hours

Give me forty hours