Steve Earle - Good Old Boy (Getting Tough) lyrics

[Verse] I got a job but it ain't nearly enough A twenty thousand dollar pick-up truck Belongs to me and the bank And some funny talking man from Iran I left the service and got a G.I. loan I got married bought myself a home Now I hang around this one horse town And do the best than I can Getting tough, Just my luck I was born in the land of plenty Now there ain't enough Getting cold,I've been told Nowadays it just don't pay to be a good old boy Been going nowhere down a one-way track I'd k** to leave it but ain't no turning back Got the wife and the kids and what would everybody say My brother's standing on a welfare line And any minute now I might get mine Meanwhile it's the I.R.S. and the devil to pay I hit the beer joints every Friday night Spend a little money looking for a fight It don't matter if I lose or win Because Monday I'm back on the losing end again