With the high price of gasoline

I need an ATM machine

To keep the money coming

To keep my motor running

Does a working man stand a fighting chance

Of even coming close to breaking even at the end of the day

Hear what I say

I’ve been breaking my back for an honest wage

But quick as I can make it

Somebody wants to take it away

If I could win the lottery

Brother I can guarantee

Uncle Sam would grab it

Even before I had it

Get my income and then some

Leaving me sitting ‘round wondering where the money went

I never even spent

My piece of the pie gets smaller every day

Quick as I can make it

Somebody wants to take it away

CHORUS:

I pay a high price for barely getting by

I’m on thin ice and trying to let it slide

When the money’s gone they’re calling on the phone

I tell ‘em I got nothing in the world but hell to pay

What else can I say

Everywhere I turn there’s a hand in my face

Quick as I can make it

Somebody wants to take it away

CHORUS:

I pay a high price for barely getting by

I’m on thin ice trying to let it slide

Does a working man stand a fighting chance

Of even coming close to breaking even at the end of the day

In the USA

I’ve been breaking my back for an honest wage

Quick as I can make it

Somebody wants to take it away

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I’ve been breaking my back since the break of day

Quick as I can make it

Somebody wants to take it away