well i worked all summer couldn t save a cent i gave all my money to the government i don t know quite how it got spent but the banks are coming for my deed boys man at the mill can t see boys to let me get my feed for free boys ain t that the way it is well i cut out down a gravel road i traded my stock for a v 8 ford dad s 410 down on the floor board and the titles wrote down to me boys that gasoline ain t free boys this clutch wearin out my knee boys ain t that the way it is well i met me a woman down in st paul i even met her mother and i met her pa brother told me he d bust my jaw if i talked to his sister again boys told me i couldn t win boys there s blood running down my chin now ain t that the way it is well i slept all night on the bar room floor and woke up this morning my head was sore pockets empty but i want some more the bar man s got my car boys tabs worth more by far boys i ll leave her down at the bar now ain t that the way it is well i hitched me a ride on the way back home i got me a job on a family farm times are hard here but i can t roam and i ain t got nothing more boys i owe that company store boys road s looking good for sure boys ain t that the way it is well i worked all summer couldn t save a cent i gave all my money to the government i don t know quite how it got spent but the banks are coming for my deed boys man at the mill can t see boys to let me get my feed for free boys but ain t that the way it is
['alternative country', 'deep new americana', 'duluth indie', 'folk', 'new americana', 'piedmont blues', 'progressive bluegrass', 'roots rock', 'stomp and holler']