Workin 4 The Man Lyrics

The day the Lord was hanging in the wind

Most of the people stayed away

They had a lot of other things to do

Besides it was a business day

I was just drifting like I always am

When I wandered to the foot of the cross

Looked up and said sweet Jesus in the sky

What can you see, what's really going on, he said

Everybody's workin for the man

Don't even know it but they're workin for the man

Gotta get so high above it to see the real plan

But everybody's workin

Everybody's workin for the man

Every time that you make a dollar

The man makes a million

You make a living, the man makes a killing

We got bandits in castles, rebels on crosses

High treason is rewarded with political promotions

Reporters to hide it, padres to bless it

The man picks the posse so he never gets arrested

But the next time there's a conflict on a distant shore

Check out who turns the profits

And who fights the war

Cause everybody's workin for the man

Don't even know it but they're workin for the man

Gotta get so high above it to see the real plan

But everybody's workin

Everybody's workin for the man

Everybody's workin for the man

Don't even know it but they're workin for the man

Gotta get so high above it to see the real plan

But everybody's workin

Everybody's workin for the man, yeah