Workin' Man's Dollar

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Chris LeDoux

Chris Ledoux (October 2, 1948 – March 9, 2005) was an American country music singer-songwriter, bronze sculptor and rodeo champion. During his career LeDoux recorded 36 albums (many self-released) which have sold more than six million units in the United States as of January 2007. He was awarded one gold album certification from the RIAA, and was nominated for a Grammy Award and the Academy of Country Music Music Pioneer Award. more »

Year:

1991

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Well, I'm just a Workin' Man's Dollar 
In the pocket of his old blue jeans
I ain't like my Wall Street brother 
He's in a bank so shiny and clean
Well, I'm faded and I'm wrinkled 
Tattered and stained with sweat

But I'm the 1st one called when Uncle Sam Needs a hand with the
National Debt
I've been wages for the farm hand 
For drivin' an old John Deere
I've been laid on a bar in a tavern 
To buy a workin' man an ice-cold beer
I've been tipped to a truck-stop waitress 
Taped where I was torn
And in the hand of a child I was laid on a plate 
In a church on Sunday morn

[Chorus]
They say I'm the root of all evil 
I bring lust, power and greed
But this Workin' Man's Dollar only buys the things 
A workin' man really needs

Well, they say I'm worth about fifty-cents 
In this modern inflated age
But don't tell that to the young man slavin' 
To make it on a minimum wage
Or that single workin' mother 
She's been scapin' to make ends meet
To make a house a home 
Keep food on the table 
And shoes on her baby's feet
Well, I know my days are numbered 
I'm gettin' threadbare and wearin' thin
And they'll replace me with another 
But I'd do it all again
'Cause I've seen this great big country
Passed from hand to callused hand
And I've got to say that I'm mighty proud 
That I belong to a workin' man

[Chorus]

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