When you never see your family
'Cause you work late all the time
But the man still takes your money
So your life ain't worth a dime
And you know it's not right
And you can't sleep at night
'Cause your worried about your plans
Who'd be the working man
When you vote for hope and freedom
And you try to change the mould
You find you just can't make no difference
A new face but the same old soul
And you can't take no more
What are you waiting for
Now it's time to make a stand
And fight for the working man
Fight for the working man
Take a look at my face
Can you see I'm falling
Would you walk right by
And let me down
There's a world outside
Can you hear it calling
There's so much more
If you look around
And you just can't ignore
The whole world anymore
You gotta help me out, help me out
Help me out
'Cause it's all for nothing
When they'll lie to you
To keep you on your knees
Take a chance on something
'Cause everyone needs something to believe
Oh yeah
So what does it all come down to
What is it you'll have left
You can't sail your boat forever
You can't sell your final breath
So when everything's gone
And you can't carry on
Like you have all along
And you can't take no more
What's left to fight for
Then it's time to make your stand
And fight for the working man
Fight for the working man
You gotta keep on fighting
Keep on fighting
Keep on fighting
Keep on fighting
Gotta keep on keeping on
Keep on keeping on
Gotta keep on keeping on
Yeah yeah
'Cause I'm a working man too