All around I hear the sound of moneynBut I ain't got a nickel to my namenAnd everywhere I look I see temptationnShe stands on every corner and calls my namennWon't you tell me if you cannCause life's so hard to understandnWhy's the rich man busy dancingnWhile the poor man pays the bandnOh they're billing me for killing menLord have mercy on the working man nnUncle Sam's got his hands in my pocketsnAnd he helps himself each time he needs a dimenThem politicians treat me like a mushroomnCause they feed me bull and keep me in the blindnnRepeat ChorusnnHey St. Peter look down for a minutenAnd see this little man about to drownnThere's quicksand all around and man I'm in itnPlease help me up Lord cause I'm going down nnWon't you tell me if you cannCause life's so hard to understandnWhy's the rich man busy dancingnWhile the poor man pays the bandnOh they're billing me for killing menLord have mercy on the working man nnWon't you tell me if you cannCause life's so hard to understandnWhy's the fat man busy dancingnWhile the thin man pays the bandnOh they're billing me for killing menLord have mercy on the working man nnPlease Lord have mercy on the working mannPlease Lord have mercy on the working man n