Released: October 24, 1975
Songwriter: Bernie Taupin Elton John
Producer: Gus Dudgeon
[Verse 1]
Sometimes I think I'm going crazy, staring at the same four walls
Waiting for the working day to end
Then I get home so wasted, worn out, I curse at you and tell you
How I've done the work of ten to fifteen men
[Pre-Chorus 1]
How I've struggled for my money, sweated blood to get us by, yeah
Well I'm tired of it honey, Think I'm gonna have to leave here for a while
[Chorus 1]
All you hear are hard luck stories
And the ways I look at life
And the way I think the world treats me
And the way that I treat my wife
[Verse 2]
I never seem to look at you, and see that somewhere underneath
A pair of tired eyes are crying out
Well you know I work hard all day long, let me kiss you once with meaning
Just to kill this nagging doubt
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Well you don't deny I do you proud
And you expect me to be tired
You say there's no future in our lives
While i persist i'm putting out the fire
[Chorus 2]
All you hear are hard luck stories
Just a few well chosen words
Because you're still the woman of a working man
You've got the heart of a working girl
[Chorus 1]
[Outro]
All you hear are hard luck stories
And the ways I look at life
And the way I think the world treats me
And the way that I treat my wife
Sometimes I think I'm going crazy, staring at the same four walls
Waiting for the working day to end
Then I get home so wasted, worn out, I curse at you and tell you
How I've done the work of ten to fifteen men
[Pre-Chorus 1]
How I've struggled for my money, sweated blood to get us by, yeah
Well I'm tired of it honey, Think I'm gonna have to leave here for a while
[Chorus 1]
All you hear are hard luck stories
And the ways I look at life
And the way I think the world treats me
And the way that I treat my wife
[Verse 2]
I never seem to look at you, and see that somewhere underneath
A pair of tired eyes are crying out
Well you know I work hard all day long, let me kiss you once with meaning
Just to kill this nagging doubt
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Well you don't deny I do you proud
And you expect me to be tired
You say there's no future in our lives
While i persist i'm putting out the fire
[Chorus 2]
All you hear are hard luck stories
Just a few well chosen words
Because you're still the woman of a working man
You've got the heart of a working girl
[Chorus 1]
[Outro]
All you hear are hard luck stories
And the ways I look at life
And the way I think the world treats me
And the way that I treat my wife
- Rock of the Westies (1975)
- Your Song
- Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going to Be a Long, Long Time)
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- Tiny Dancer
- Bennie and the Jets
- I’m Still Standing
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight (End Title)
- Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- Candle in the Wind
- Daniel
- Saturday Night’s Alright (for Fighting)
- Crocodile Rock
- I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues
- Candle in the Wind 1997
- Sacrifice
- Levon
- Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
- Someone Saved My Life Tonight
- Border Song
- Honky Cat
- The One
- The Bitch is Back
- Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
- Electricity (Billy Elliot)