Panama Devil

Well, I bust my ass at work just to try to make ends meet

Put gas in the car and buy some food that we can eat

60-hour work week, it ain't stopping there

I gotta pull some extra shifts to get the kids some clothes to wear

People I thought were friends, they turned their backs on me

I used to be blind to it, but this time's helping me see

That the devil's hard at work down here in Panama

And I'm trying to catch my breath, but I can't

I can't have both my fish in a bear paw

And I feel like giving up

But I ain't

Oh, no, I ain't

Well, I shut my eyes and pray just about nine times a day

Just seems like there ain't no other way

I'm bound for being lost, I can't find my way, brother

I'm blind in one eye, can't see out the other

But I see the good in everyone, that's how I keep getting burned

Sticks me with that knife while I got my back turned

Yeah, that devil's hard at work down here in Panama

And I'm trying to stop the bleeding, but I can't

He'll do anything he can to make me fall

And I feel like giving up

But I ain't

Oh, no, I ain't

Yeah, that devil's hard at work down here in Panama

But he ain't gonna get me today

There's one thing that I learned from my Grandpa

If you look that devil right in the eye

He walks away

Yeah, he walks away

He walks away