Fifteen hours in the shop today

Puttin' in time, honey, makin' my pay

And when I get home, baby, and my bones are tired

I just want to sip my drink by the fire

Cold steel showers at the Thompson mill

It's long hard hours makin' that Thomspon steel

If I had my way I might be next to you

But there's certain things a man's gotta do

Baby, what you got to understand

I'm nothin' if I ain't a workin' man

Baby, what you got to understand

I'm nothin' if I ain't a workin' man

I know it's hard to take it sittin' down

And harder still without your man around

But what I'm doin' here, I do for you

You give me everything I need

'Cause your love is true

Punch my card in the morning light

Once again in the darker night

And all I can stand of this working life

That's why working man needs a loving wife

Baby, what you got to understand

I'm nothin' if I ain't a workin' man

Baby, what you got to understand

I'm nothin' if I ain't a workin' man...