Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) (Album Version)-Styx

[00:00.00] Written：Tommy Shaw Vocals By Tommy Shaw [00:19.77]Give me a job, give me security [00:23.94]Give me a chance to survive [00:26.85]I'm just a poor soul in the unemployment line [00:31.68]My god, i'm hardly alive [00:35.10]My mother and father, my wife and my friends [00:39.57]I see them laugh in my face [00:42.84]But i've got the power, and i've got the will [00:47.16]I'm not a charity case [00:49.56]I'll take those long nights, impossible odds [00:54.57]Keeping my eye to the keyhole [00:57.75]If it takes all that to be just what i am [01:02.07]I'm gonna be a blue collar man [01:11.76]Make me an offer that i can't refuse [01:15.84]Make me respectable, man [01:18.87]This is my last time in the unemployment line [01:24.15]So like it or not i'll take those [01:27.48]Long nights, impossible odds [01:31.20]Keeping my back to the wall [01:34.47]If it takes all that to be just what i am [01:38.49]I'm gonna be a blue collar man [01:42.57]Keeping my mind on a better life [01:48.03]When happiness is only a heartbeat away [01:55.98]Paradise, can it be all i heard it was [02:03.39]I close my eyes and maybe i'm already there