Work, work, work, day after day Fifty hour week, forty hour pay No time to get over on this overtime Yeah, I'm always runnin', I'm always runnin' behind Got a Friday night date, my sweetheart Already late and the car won't start Lord, I feel like hitting that car and cryin' Yeah, I'm always runnin', but I'm always runnin' behind All my life, it's been this way One dollar short and one day late One rung lower on the ladder I'm tryin' to climb If I ever get lucky, if I ever get rich Gonna tow my life up out of this ditch Watch the world go by while I unwind Yeah, I'm always runnin', but I'm always runnin' behind All my life, it's been this way One dollar short and one day late One rung lower on the ladder I'm tryin' to climb If I ever get lucky, if I ever get rich Gonna tow my life up out of this ditch Watch the world go by while I unwind Yeah, I'm always runnin', I'm always runnin' behind Lord, I'm always runnin', but I'm always runnin' behind Oh, Lord