Hey now
   You better listen to me every one of you
   We got a lot of lot of lot of lot of work to do
   Forget about your women
   No, no water can
   Today you're working for the man
   Well pick up your feet
   We got a deadline to meet
   I'm gonna see you make it on time
   Now, don't relax
   I want elbows and backs
   I wanna see everybody from behind
  
   'Cause you're working for the man
   Working for the man
   Gotta make him a hand
   When you're working for the man
  
   Well I'm pickin' em' up
   And I'm layin' 'em down
  
   I believe he's gonna work me into the ground
   I pulled to the left, and I heaved to the right
   I wanna kill him but it wouldn't be right
  
   'Cause I'm working for the man
   Working for the man
   Gotta make him a hand
   When you're working for the man
  
   Well the bossman's daughter sneaks me water
   Everytime her daddy's down the line
   She says "Meet me tonight,
   Love me right
  
   And everyting's gonna be fine."
   So I slave all day, without much pay
   I'm just abiding my time
   'Cause the company and the daughter, you see
  
   They both gonna be all mine
   Yeah I'm gonna be the man
   Gonna be the man
   Gotta make him a hand
  
   If you gonna be the man
   Working for the man
   Working for the man
   Gotta make him a hand
   When you're working for the man
   Working for the man
   Working for the man
  
  
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   Hey now
   You better listen to me every one of you
   We got a lot of lot of lot of lot of work to do
   Forget about your women
   And that water can
   Today you're working for the man
  
   Well pick up your feet
   We got a deadline to meet
   I'm gonna see you make it on time
   Oh, don't relax
   I want elbows and backs
   I wanna see everybody from behind
  
   'Cause you're working for the man
   Working for the man
   Ya gotta make him a hand
   A' working for the man
  
   So I'm pickin' em' up
   And I'm layin' 'em down
  
   I believe he's gonna work me into the ground
   I pulled to the left, and I heaved to the right
   I outta kill him but it wouldn't be right
  
   'Cause I'm working for the man
   A working for the man
   I gotta make him a hand
   A working for the man
  
   Well the bossman's daughter sneaks me water
   Everytime her daddy's down the line
   She says "Meet me tonight,
   Love me right
   And everything's gonna be fine."
  
   So I slave all day, without much pay
   I'm just abiding my time
   'Cause the company and the daughter, you see
  
   They both gonna be all mine
   Yeah I'm gonna be the man
   Gonna be the man
   Gotta make him a hand
  
   If Iam gonna be the man
   Working for the man
   Working for the man
   I gotta make him a hand
   A working for the man