The city blues they strike again  Another worker drops his pen  He wants to be done  And out on the run  Away fromhe curse, he'd swap all his worth  To be a man of the earth  For 2 or 3 weeks of the year  An Easter Bunny brings Christmas cheer  He's out of his head and toasting the dead  And feeling much worse, he'd swap all his worth  To be a man of the earth  To swap all his worth  To be a man of the earth  Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet  He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth  A man of the earth, he'd swap all his worth  To be a man of the earth  The wife and kids are already there  They're polishing his wicker chair it's looking so bleak  At the end of the week he'll be needing a nurse  He'd swap all his worth to be a man of the earth  A man of the earth  Words become the man if only he could write a sonnet  He'd place his life upon it to be a man of the earth  A man of the earth, he'd swap all his worth  To be a man of the earth  A man of the earth  -----------------------------------------------------------------