john henry moved a mountain outta nothing but a hammer and sweat well he beat that damn machinery down he said you ain t seen nothing yet cause he had himself a woman well she must have been something like you when you re a man with a plan got a hammer in your hand ain t nothing you can t do chorus when you re the right man you re the right man you re the right man you re the right man for the job well there used to be a dude named samson and he had himself some hair every skinny cowboy at the pyramid bar said the gene pool just ain t fair but he went down to the barber cause he had to wear a tux that night and even though he didn t ook like hanson y all he made delilah giggle with delight chorus 2 he was the right man he was the right man he was the right man hew was the right man for the job bridge well you loved yourself a carpenter he never ever went to school he was thick as ol brown gravy and he had the wrong kind of tool solo well i ain t got no big muscles and i ain t got lots of hair and i ain t no sheik from arabia just a fellow with some love to spare so if you come back here to texas girl from wherever you re at tonight i m gonna kiss you like you ve never been kissed before for the rest of your doggone life chorus 3 cause i m the right man i m the right man i m the right man yeah i m the right man the right man for the job chorus 4 i m the right man i m the right man i m the right man i m the right man the right man for the job