Released: May 3, 2010
Songwriter: Alan Jackson
Producer: Keith Stegall
[Verse 1]
Lace-up boots and faded jeans
A homemade sandwich, a half jug of tea
Average Joe, average pay
Same ol' end and same ol' day
[Chorus]
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the workin' man
[Verse 2]
All week long making a living
Life keeps takin', he keeps giving
Behind the scene, below the grade
Hardly noticed but part of everything
[Chorus]
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the workin' man
[Verse 3]
He gives his life, then fades away
Another young man, takes his place
Average Joe, average pay
Same ol end, same old' day
[Chorus]
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
[Chorus]
No, there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the workin' man
[Outro]
The working man
Oh, the working man
And woman
Lace-up boots and faded jeans
A homemade sandwich, a half jug of tea
Average Joe, average pay
Same ol' end and same ol' day
[Chorus]
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the workin' man
[Verse 2]
All week long making a living
Life keeps takin', he keeps giving
Behind the scene, below the grade
Hardly noticed but part of everything
[Chorus]
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the workin' man
[Verse 3]
He gives his life, then fades away
Another young man, takes his place
Average Joe, average pay
Same ol end, same old' day
[Chorus]
But there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
[Chorus]
No, there's nothing wrong with a hard hat and a hammer
Kind of glue that sticks this world together
Hands of steel and cradle of the Promised Land
God bless the workin' man
[Outro]
The working man
Oh, the working man
And woman
- The Older I Get
- Chattahoochee
- It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere
- Remember When
- Drive (For Daddy Gene)
- Good Time
- Where I Come From
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)
- I Want To Stroll Over Heaven With You
- Country Boy
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Like Red On A Rose
- Midnight In Montgomery
- Freight Train
- A Million Ways To Die
- Amazing Grace
- Little Bitty
- The Blues Man
- Livin’ On Love
- Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
- The Steal Of The Night
- Trying Not To Love You
- Texas Women (Live)