Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Sixteen-hour days
Overworked and underpaid
Was just a way of life
For my old man’s old man
If there’s one thing I’ve learned
What you make is what you earn
And you stick it out
Without sticking out your hand
[Chorus]
Getting by on getting by
It ain’t no joke
We got a name for things 'round here that don't work
Broke
[Verse 2]
If we fell on hard time
Oh well, I'd spend my last dime
Making sure I kept my family fed
Yeah, but some old poor folks would choose
To blow it all on booze
And half the time it's that fool that ends up
With half my cheque
[Chorus]
Too much month at the end of your money
A day in the life of a man from the country
Breaking your back, and working your knuckles
To the bone, bone, bone
Yeah, we don't live off another man's dollar
Just sweat and red dirt-stained on your blue-collar
Our nine to five is a five to nine
All day long
Getting by on getting by
It ain’t no joke, no
Yeah, we got a name for things 'round here that don't work
Broke
[Bridge]
It ain't much of a life when you live that life for free
Yeah, sitting round all-day never sat quite right with me
[Chorus]
Too much month at the end of your money
A day in the life of a man from the country
Breaking your back, and working your knuckles
To the bone, bone, bone
C’mon
[Chorus]
We don’t live off another man’s dollar
Just sweat and red dirt-stained on a blue-collar
Our nine to five is a five to nine
All day long
Getting by on getting by
It ain’t no joke, no
We got a name for things 'round here that don't work
[Outro]
Broke
Broke
Written by: James Barker, Michael Hardy
