by the sweat of his brow is how a mans supposed to earn his pay but the vip s and the rich folks of this land think manual labor ain t nothing but a mexican who swam the rio grande manual labor that old back breaker him sure knows how to make a fool out of folks like me it throws your muscle in hustle and it numbs your brain then it hauls you off down the tracks like a run away train oh manual labor you you old back breaker you i must have mistaken you for a true blue friend you ve never been my youth and my good time spent don t know where my money went i like how the government got more than their share oh well who cares i m a gettin on a holy road send a dollar to a tv show god knows how the money goes when you re saving a soul big save on soul oh manual labor you you old back breaker you i must have mistaken you for a true blue friend you ve never been my youth and my good time spent don t know where my money went i like how the government got more than their share oh well who cares i m a gettin on a holy road send a dollar to a tv show god knows how the money goes when you re saving a soul big save on soul