All of his life he's been a working man   Up every morning in the dark and rain   Every Friday night he gets his take home pay   And he hands it all over and he don't complain      All of his life he's been a working man   He never pushed paper but he used his hands   And all that he was his father's way   So he'll walk in his footsteps to his dying day      Put your hands together for the working man   Puts food on the table for his wife and weans   My daddy spent his life as a working man   And he worked for a year for his week in Spain      All of his life he's been a working man   Up every morning in the dark and rain   Every Friday night he gets his take home pay   And he hands it all over and he don't complain      All of his life he's been a working man   He never pushed paper but he used his hands   And all that he was his father's way   So he'll walk in his footsteps to his dying day      Put your hands together for the working man   Puts food on the table for his wife and weans   My daddy spent his life as a working man   And he worked for a year for his week in Spain         Copyright 2000 Manny Charlton (Elgin Songs)