Its title nods to Merle Haggard's country song Workin' Man Blues.
The words
A laborer watches wages fall and the old order crumble, yet keeps faith with his love and his dignity.
A working man speaks to the woman he loves while the economy turns against people like him: pay shrinks, jobs vanish and the powerful seem untouchable. The verses drift between plain talk about hardship, battlefield imagery, memories and tender promises, always circling back to a refrain that holds on to her as his anchor. The tone is weary but proud rather than bitter. It moves at a gentle, unhurried pace, led by piano and a soft band.
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The words
A laborer watches wages fall and the old order crumble, yet keeps faith with his love and his dignity.
A working man speaks to the woman he loves while the economy turns against people like him: pay shrinks, jobs vanish and the powerful seem untouchable. The verses drift between plain talk about hardship, battlefield imagery, memories and tender promises, always circling back to a refrain that holds on to her as his anchor. The tone is weary but proud rather than bitter. It moves at a gentle, unhurried pace, led by piano and a soft band.
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