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[00:02.99]Well he works hard on the highway,
[00:08.78]Underneath the burning sun,
[00:12.45]And his hands are hard and calloused,
[00:15.45]From the work that he has done,
[00:18.89]He pulls a drag line cross the country,
[00:22.04]On a flatbed trailer truck,
[00:24.92]He picks cotton down in Texas,
[00:28.20]In the fields where he grew up,
[00:31.35]He doesn't have much education,
[00:34.72]But he takes that in stride,
[00:37.62]And he won't ask no one for nothing,
[00:40.84]Cause he's a man with a lotta pride.
[00:44.09]He's a working class hero,
[00:47.14]He's a man he's america,
[00:50.09]He's a working class hero,
[00:53.55]He's a man he's america.
[01:00.44]Well you can see him on the scaffolds,
[01:04.69]Hanging twenty stories high,
[01:07.89]He's the builder of the building,
[01:11.25]That's growing in the sky,
[01:14.15]And his spirit's on the highway,
[01:17.31]Where the sweat from his brow was shed,
[01:20.23]And in the coal mines in Virginia,
[01:23.67]Where he works until he's dead,
[01:26.86]He doesn't have much education,
[01:30.06]But he takes that in stride,
[01:32.91]And he won't ask no one for nothing,
[01:36.06]Cause he's a man with a lotta pride.
[01:39.51]He's a working class hero,
[01:42.69]He's a man he's america,
[01:45.36]He's a working class hero,
[01:48.29]He's a man he's america.
[02:03.57]Well you can see him in the stock yards,
[02:09.12]In Chicago and St. Lou,
[02:12.62]And on the docks in San Francisco,
[02:15.77]And down in Houston to,
[02:18.97]He is the man most like a mountain,
[02:21.85]Cause his shoulders are so strong,
[02:25.06]He demands respect and gets it,
[02:27.91]He won't let you do him wrong,
[02:31.37]He doesn't have much education,
[02:34.59]But he takes that in stride,
[02:37.47]And he won't ask no one for nothing,
[02:40.85]Cause he's a man with a lotta pride.
[02:44.23]He's a working class hero,
[02:46.94]He's a man he's america,
[02:50.31]He's a working class hero,
[02:53.58]He's a man he's america.
[02:56.64]He's a working class hero,
[02:59.89]He's a man he's america,
[03:03.03]He's a working class hero,
[03:05.98]He's a man he's america.
[03:09.01]He's a working class hero,
[03:12.56]He's a man he's america.
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