working hard to make a living bringing shelter from the rain a father s son left to carry on blue denim in his veins oh oh oh he s a working class man well he s a steel town disciple he s a legend of his kind he s running like a cyclone across the wild midwestern sky oh oh oh he s a working class man he believes in god and elvis he gets out when he can he did his time in vietnam still mad at uncle sam he s a simple man with a heart of gold in a complicated land oh he s a working class man well he loves a little woman someday he ll make his wife saving all the overtime for the one love of his life he ain t worried about tomorrow cause he just made up his mind life s too short for burning bridges take it one day at a time oh oh oh he s a working class man oh oh oh he s a working class man oh yeah yes he is well he s a working class man ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma i tell you he s a working class man yes he is i wanna tell you he s a working class man ma ma ma i got to tell you he s a working class man oh yeah i tell you he s a working class man ooh i tell you he s a working class man yes he is i tell you he s a working class man