My ol' truck needs a starter and it's gaspin' for water And it keeps runnin' hot and out of time My wife's home a-waitin' for money to buy the bacon And I just called her up with my last dime I keep hopin' for the better, things keep gettin' worse Inflation's takin' more than I can make When you can't pay for what you're buyin', it's not really lyin' It's just maximum livin' on a minimum wage Maximum livin' on a minimum wage Ninety dollar bills and thirty dollar days Lord, it's not that I don't wanna get them bill collectors paid It's this maximum livin' on a minimum wage The baby needs some new shoes and they just passed a new rule That they won't let me have no overtime They're cuttin' off the power, looks like everything that's ours Belongs to someone else when we're behind We keep hopin' for the better, things keep gettin' worse Inflation's takin' more than we can make When you can't pay for what you're buyin', it's not really lyin' It's just maximum livin' on a minumum wage Maximum livin' on a minimum wage Ninety dollar bills and thirty dollar days Lord, it's not that I don't wanna get them bill collectors paid It's this maximum livin' on a minimum wage Maximum livin' on a minimum wage Ninety dollar bills and thirty dollar days Lord, it's not that I don't wanna get them bill collectors paid It's this maximum livin' on a minimum wage