Intro:
Verse 1:
Well I worked all summer couldn t save a cent
I gave all my money to the government
I don t know quite how it got spent
but the banks are coming for my deed boy
Man at the mill can t see boy
Let me get my feed for free boys
Ain t that the way it is
Verse 2:
I cut out down a gravel road
I traded my stock for a V8 Ford
Danced for time down on the floor boards
And the title rolled down to me boys
That gasoline ain t free boys
And this clutch wearin out my knee boy
Ain t that the way it is
Break:
Verse 3:
Well i met me a woman down in Saint Paul
Even met her mother and I met her Pa
Her Brother told me he d bust my jaw
If I talked to his sister again boy
Told me I couldn t win boy
There s blood running down my chin now
Ain t that the way it is
Verse 4:
Well I slept all night on the bar room floor
Woke up this morning my head was sore
Pockets empty but I want some more
The bar man s got my car boy
Tab s worth more by far boys
And I leave her down at the bar now
Ain t that the way it is
Break:
Verse 5:
Well I hitched me a ride on the way back home
I got me a job on a family farm
Times are hard here but I can t roam
I ain t got nothing more boys
I owe that company store boy
Gold s looking good for sure boy
Ain t that the way it is
Verse 6:
Well I worked all summer couldn t save a cent
I gave all my money to the government
I don t know quite how it got spent
but the banks are coming for my deed boy
Man at the mill can t see boy
Let me get my feed for free boys
Ain t that the way it is
