Cost Of Livin'

Everything to know about me, is written on this page

The number you can reach me, my social and my age

Yes I served in the army, it's where I learned to shoot

Eighteen months in the desert, pourin' sand out of my boots

No I've never been convicted of a crime

I could start this job at any time

I got a strong back, steel toes, I rarely call in sick

A good truck, what I don't know, I catch on real quick

I work weekends, if I have to, nights and holidays

Give you 40, and then some, whatever it takes

Three dollars and change at the pump

Cost of livin's high and goin' up

I put Robert down as a reference, he's known me all my life

We attend the same church, he introduced me to my wife

Gave my last job everything, before it headed south

Took the shoes off of my children's feet, the food out of their mouths

Yesterday my folks offered to help

But they're barely gettin' by themselves

I got a strong back, steel toes, I rarely call in sick

A good truck, what I don't know, I catch on real quick

I work weekends, if I have to, nights and holidays

Give you 40, and then some, whatever it takes

Three dollars and change at the pump

Cost of livin's high and goin' up

I'm sure a hundred others have applied

Rumor has it you're only takin' five

I got a strong back, steel toes, I'm handy with a wrench

There's nothing I can't drive, nothin' I can't fix

I work sun-up to sun-down, ain't too proud to sweep the floors

Bank has started callin', and the wolves are at my door

Three dollars and change at the pump

Cost of livin's high, and goin' up