I've got the Blue Colar Blues: The alarm goes off at four both my feet are on the floor By four fifteen I’m out the door driving down the I-5 corridor I’m in my car but I can’t get far wish I was drinking at the bar 90 minutes later, on the job I can hear my head throb Punched my time card and I’m in the yard Pick up my rivet gun ready to hit a homerun I’ve got the blue, blue collar worker blues At 3:30 I’m headed home talking to my wife on the phone Nothing but a stream of cars ahead I’m tired but I got to make that bread By the time I get home it will be time for bed Maybe a beer maybe some small talk But I won’t take the dog for a walk I’ve got the blue, blue collar worker blues. The Union makes me pay my dues And the Governor keeps taxing my booze Everything gets so expensive And people are so sensitive About what is Politically correct While blue collar workers get no respect There’s an increase in white-collar crime No wonder why I can’t save a dime. I got the blue, blue collar worker blues causes     “I didn’t s go to college” I got the blue, blue collar worker blues causes   “I refuse to acknowledge” I got the blue, blue collar worker blues causes “I barely pay my mortgage” I got the blue collar worker blues “It’s like I am living in a cage. the voice: Poetry on the Move: 2