And I've got a woman who tells me nothing but the truth
As we sit around singing these blue-collar blues
And I've got to worry about what's happening to us
Catching a bad case of the blue-collar blues
Living on nothing, trying to scrape up some food
With all of my neighbors leaning on each other to get through
And I've got a village that keeps me in a good mood
As we wake to work whistling of blue-collar blues
Look in the children's eyes and tell me what do we do
As they scream and cry for a morsel of the truth
And I'm listening, baby, to the man on the news
He's told us something that we already knew
We're slaving, baby, pounding a hammer for the dude
As we shuffle along humming the blue-collar blues
Wake up, my people, it's time that we refuse
To keep on living in a world where we all lose
Pick up your pitchforks and line the avenue
This time we'll show them that we're united, me and you
As we shake off our blues, those blue-collar blues
And I've got a woman who tells me nothing but the truth
As we sit around singing these blue-collar blues