Chris LeDoux - Working Man's Dollar Lyrics

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 first 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

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
â€~Cuz 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

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