Clay Howard - Working (It's What We Do)

from Round 3, Week 1 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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Jerry said to use either "Work" or "Labor" or write a song about working.
I used "working"- oh.. about 57 times. maybe more, in a song about working.

The story behind the song?
I just wanted to try out my new lapsteel- and this happened.
That- and I had the word "working" stuck in my head. (and nothing else- just that word)

Sometimes you have to get rid of songs like this. So, I did.

lyrics

Chorus
working all day
working all night
working while Im sleeping
yeah Im working alright
working up a sweat
I'm working down to the bone
always feels like your working
when your working all alone
working for some money
working just to pay the man
working til the day I die
I really don't understand
I keep working
just keep working

verse 1
sometimes I even end up with a dollar -all for myself
but most times its gone...before I even have a dime
other times, well I just head on down HWY 47...and I make sure everyone around me is having a damn good time

verse 2
one time I got a call from the man down at the National Bank in who You Gonna trust or something.. and He was saying that all my money was gonna be theirs
I just laughed to myself, had another swallow and that's right... I went right back to work

bridge
ooh, workings what we do
ooh we never figure who ooh
just do what we do
it's just what we do

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from Round 3, Week 1, released September 8, 2014

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