Working On The Line is the eighth track on the new Tick Bryan Band album, "Wilson County", recorded in Wilson County, Tennessee.
lyrics
Copyright 2020 TICKEN MUSIC PUBLISHING, ASCAP
Words and Music by Tick Bryan
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Working On The Line
I should have listened to my Daddy. I should have stayed in school,
Cause they could teach a monkey to do the job I do.
I know it sounds crazy. I know it sounds insane,
But they pay me for my back they don't pay me for my brain.
Working on the line. Working overtime.
Working on the line.
If I want to keep what's mine I'll keep working on the line.
I'm paying on a house. I'm paying on two cars.
I'm doing hard time in a prison with no bars.
My neighbors are so jealous. I'm living like a king.
If I lost my job tomorrow I'd lose everything.
Working on the line. Working overtime.
Working on the line.
If I want to keep what's mine I'll keep working on the line.
Sometimes I want to scream. Sometimes I want to cry.
If that quitting bell don't ring, I think I'm gonna die.
Someday I'll get my freedom. I don't know how or when,
But come tomorrow morning I'll be on that line again.
Working on the line. Working overtime.
Working on the line.
If I want to keep what's mine I'll keep working on the line.
credits
from Wilson County,
released November 6, 2020
Written by Tick Bryan
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