Released: May 14, 1991
Songwriter: Don Sampson Alan Jackson
Producer: Keith Stegall Scott Hendricks
[Verse 1]
A callused right hand
Holds a shiny gold watch
For thirty years spent on the clock
But you won't see no tears
From this working class hero
He's always been hard as a rock
But he knows he's too old
To really start over
Besides he just wouldn't know how
I guess he's just glad
That he's not alone
But he's got to wonder what now
[Chorus]
Because there's no hall of fame for that working class hero
No statute carved out of stone
And his greatest reward is the love of a woman
And his children
So after he's gone
That old working class hero lives on
[Verse 2]
That three-bedroom house
He built in the '50s
Seems so much bigger today
With just him and mama
And not many bills
Because all of the kids moved away
What he's done with his life
Might not be remembered
But he's got every right to be proud
Because the blood sweating years
Of this workin' class hero
Is really what living's about
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Yes, that working class hero lives on
That workin' class hero lives on
A callused right hand
Holds a shiny gold watch
For thirty years spent on the clock
But you won't see no tears
From this working class hero
He's always been hard as a rock
But he knows he's too old
To really start over
Besides he just wouldn't know how
I guess he's just glad
That he's not alone
But he's got to wonder what now
[Chorus]
Because there's no hall of fame for that working class hero
No statute carved out of stone
And his greatest reward is the love of a woman
And his children
So after he's gone
That old working class hero lives on
[Verse 2]
That three-bedroom house
He built in the '50s
Seems so much bigger today
With just him and mama
And not many bills
Because all of the kids moved away
What he's done with his life
Might not be remembered
But he's got every right to be proud
Because the blood sweating years
Of this workin' class hero
Is really what living's about
[Chorus]
[Outro]
Yes, that working class hero lives on
That workin' class hero lives on
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Don’t Rock The Jukebox (1991)
- Super Hits (1999)
Alan Jackson popular songs
- 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)