Working Class Hero

(Don Sampson - Alan Jackson)



A calloused right hand holds a shiny gold watch

For thirty years spent on the clock

But you won't see no tears from this workin' class hero

He's always been hard as a rock.



But he knows he's too old to really start over

Besides he just wouldn't know how

I guess he's just glad that he's not alone

But he's got to wonder what now?



There's no hall of fame for that working class hero

No statute carved out of stone

And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children

After he's gone that old working class hero lives on.



--- Instrumental ---



That three-bedroom house he built in the '50s

Seems so much bigger today

With just him and mama and not many bills

'Cause all of the kids moved away.



What he's done with his life might not be remembered

But he's got every right to be proud

'Cause the blood sweatin' years of this workin' class hero

Is really what livin's about.



'Cause there's no hall of fame for that working class hero

No statute carved out of stone

And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children

So after he's gone that old workin' class hero lives on.



--- Instrumental ---



Yes, that workin' class hero lives on.

That workin' class hero lives on...