Tryin' to make a livin' it's harder every day

By the time I see a dollar just another bill to pay

I got a wife and family and the bills are pilin' high

These days it ain't easy for a working man to get by



I can't help but wonder what a man suppose to do

I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues

[ steel ]

By the time I get the payday the money's already gone

Someone's eatin' chicken all I git is the bones

My wife needs a new coat the kids need clothes to school

We're all out of grocery's and it's Tuesday afternoon 



Well it could drive a man to drinkin' but I can't afford the booze

I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues

[ fiddle ]

The cost of livin' keeps goin' up the taxes ain't goin' down

I'm just treadin' water to tryin' not to drown

Mr Courter I know you're up there and I should could use a hen

So won't you please have mercy on a common working man



I just keep on tryin' doin' all that I can do

I got those hard breaking escalatin' high inflation blues (yodel)