i wake up just to work hard every day nothin free and nothin easy ever comes my way hands are calloused my body is bruised i won t give up and i will not lose just when you count me out that s when i ll come through i m chorus the underdog the one who s back stays against the wall the underdog i ll still be standing when the favorite falls so they say i m not that strong and the odds are way too long well i was born to prove them wrong i m the underdog my baby s the best lookin thing to his this town she believes in me even though her folks don t want me comin round they got bigger plans for her than me i ve got something inside they can t see but someday i swear they will cause i won t always be ohh i know every verse and every word of 1st samuel 17 i love it when that big ol boy s brought down to his knees and it sometimes seems that all my dreams are over nine feet tall and i m the little man with a rock in his hand just like david in overalls i m oh i m the underdog don t you count me out yeah