Working Class

I've always found myself right before the dawn

In the quiet hour before the sunlight comes on

In the daytime we're rushin' 'round

Ever since we were kids in this town

And that's when all we could ask

Was to be workin' class

Watch and learn your craft

From those who came before you

From those who came before

I learned to do the work from old men

They learned in turn from those who are gone

They taught me how to get through the days

And how to trade my life for a wage

And that's when all we could ask

Was to be workin' class

Watch and learn your craft

From those who came before you

From those who came before

Lookin' back through glassy eyes

We were prouder than we were wise

Full of hope, we didn't know we're only

Feeding dragons, sittin' on their hordes of gold and bones

I wish someone told me the truth

The American dream

Back when all we could ask

Was to be workin' class

Watch and learn your craft

From those who came before you

From those who came before

We learn from those who came before