Working Class Hero Songtext / Lyric

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

There´s no hall of fame for that working class hero
No statues 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
It´s really what livin´s about

Cause there´s no hall of fame for that working class hero
No statues 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
Yea, that old working class hero lives on