Working Class Hero

Alan Jackson, Don Sampson

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 working 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

(Chorus)

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

No statue carved out of stone

And his greatest reward is the love of a woman

And his children

So after he's gone

That old working class hero lives on

Well, 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 working class hero

Is really what livin' about

(Chorus)