I'm feeling tired   I fell I've worked my hands to the bone   I stepped inside   With steel toes and a hard hat on, yeah      I climbed inside and the air it reeked of oil   Well I did my time   Shoveling up the soil      It's hard to see   It's hard to breathe   When you work at the refinery, yeah      I'm dragging up   I'm heading straight for the gate   I'm getting in my dodge   And driving far from this place      It's hard to see   It's hard to breathe   When you work at the refinery, yeah      Yeah, going back home   Going to see my baby, going to see my baby   Going to see my, my, my, my baby      It's hard to see   It's hard to breathe   When you work at the refinery   It's hard to see   It's hard to breathe   When you work at the refinery   It's hard to see   It's hard to breathe   When you work at the refinery