Intro
Verse 1
First Light Breaking On A Gravel Road
Thermos Full And Another Load.
Chevrolet Humming, Windows Down,
Headed Where The Hammers Pound.
Steel-Toe Boots And A Red Clay Stain,
Making My Living In The Pouring Rain.
Daddy Never Talked About What's Inside...
He Just Tipped His Hat And Swallowed His Pride.
Chorus
It's Hard To Give Love As A Blue-Collar Man.
I Give Her My Back... She Needs My Hands.
I Bring Home A Paycheck Every Friday Night,
But I Leave My Heart Out Under Those Work Lights.
She Don't Want Diamonds, She Don't Need Much...
Just A Little More Time, A Little More Touch.
Lord... It's Hard To Give Love As A Blue-Collar Man.
Solo
Verse 2
Saturday Smoke From The Barbecue Pit,
Tailgate Down Where The Boys All Sit.
Talking 'Bout Trucks, Deerseason And Rain,
Nobody Says When They're Carrying Pain.
She'll Call Once... I'll Say, "Be Home Soon."
Next Thing I Know It's Sunday Afternoon.
That Front Porch Swing Keeps Rocking Alone...
Funny How A Full House Don't Feel Like Home.
Chorus
It's Hard To Give Love As A Blue-Collar Man.
I Give Her My Back... She Needs My Hands.
I Bring Home A Paycheck Every Friday Night,
But I Leave My Heart Out Under Those Work Lights.
She Don't Want Diamonds, She Don't Need Much...
Just A Little More Time, A Little More Touch.
Lord... It's Hard To Give Love As A Blue-Collar Man.
Solo
Bridge
My Old Man's Hands Looked Just Like Mine.
Cracked Like Riverbeds, Tough As Pine.
He Built A Life... He Built It Right.
But Mama Cried Herself To Sleep At Night.
Guess Some Things Get Handed Down...
Not Just The Tools... But The Silence Too.
Last Chorus
It's Hard To Give Love As A Blue-Collar Man.
I've Been Building This World With These Two Hands.
Maybe Tonight I'll Leave That Overtime,
Drive Straight Home And Let The Whistle Die.
Lay These Boots Beside The Door.
Hold Her Like I Should've Before.
'Cause Someday This Old Back Won't Be Strong...
And I Pray She's Still There
When The Working Man's Gone.
Love Don't Care
How Hard You Work...
Only Where You Come Home.
Outro
