a job of work

Singer:paxton, tom

i hate unemployment and i'll tell you why

i wanna keep working 'til the day i die

i like to work

i do it well and when i can't feed my family

lord i feel like hell

lord

give me a job of work to do

lord

give me a job of work to do

that's all i want

that's all i ask of you

the man from the government says it's fine

to walk on over to the free food line

nice of the government to be so fair

but i don't want my friends to see me there

lord

give me a job of work to do

lord

give me a job of work to do

that's all i want

that's all i ask of you

i was born and raised in these old hills

i never left 'em and i never will

i'm able-bodied

my friends are

too

and all that we want is a job to do

lord

give me a job of work to do

lord

give me a job of work to do

that's all i want

that's all i ask of you

well

these are the worst times i have seen

i don't want to seem ungrateful or mean

but a man's got to raise his family

and i can't stand to raise 'em on charity

lord

give me a job of work to do

lord

give me a job of work to do

that's all i want

that's all i ask of you

Lyric Context: a job of work - paxton, tom