A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today Song Lyrics and Chords
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
Written and Recorded by Merle Haggard
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For years I've been bustin' my rear
To make a
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livin' but it ain't
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made
For years I've been tryin' to pay off my bills
But they ain't
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paid
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owe every dime I make to every soul I know
The
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higher up I reach the further down I go
And this
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old broken back of mine is all I've got to
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show
And any
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way a workin'
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man can't get nowhere
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today
Lord a workin' man can't get nowhere today
A workin' man ain't got no time to
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play
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Today I worked my fanny off and leave it
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lay
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workin' man can't
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get nowhere
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today
I paid my income tax and the government gives back
What I got
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comin' Lord but it ain't
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much
I pay my child support cause I'm a law abidin' sort
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touch
Yet I
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starve myself to death tryin' to keep my family fed
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keep my budget tight tryin' to get myself ahead
But I'll
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still be deep in debt the day that I fall
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dead
That's why I
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say Lord a workin' man can't
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get nowhere to
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day
Well a workin' man can't get nowhere today
A workin' man ain't got no time to
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To
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night I'll work my fanny off and leave it
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lay
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workin' man can't
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get nowhere to
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day
A workin' man can't
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get nowhere to
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day
FAQ
Who sang the the song A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today?
- The song A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
