I got a job but it ain't nearly enough
 A twenty thousand dollar pickup truck
 Belongs to me and the bank and some funny talkin' man from Iran
 I left the service and got a G.I. loan
 I got married bought myself a home
 Now I hang around this one horse town and do the best than I can
 Gettin' tough
 Just my luck
 I was born in the land of plenty now there ain't enough
 Gettin' cold
 I've been told
 Nowadays it just don't pay to be a good ol' boy

 Been goin' nowhere down a one-way track
 I'd kill to leave it but ain't no turnin' back
 Got the wife and the kids and what would everybody say
 My brother's standin' on a welfare line
 And any minute now I might get mine
 Meanwhile it's the I.R.S. and the devil to pay

 I hit the beer joints every Friday night
 Spend a little money lookin' for a fight
 It don't matter if I lose or win
 'Cause Monday I'm back on the losin' end again