Trying to make itYeahTrying to make itYeah, yeahTrying to make itWorking on this job I've got hard every dayTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahTrying to earn enough so I can leave this placeTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahThe woman I got back home she don't understandTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahThat I'm supporting her and her baby the best I canTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahI work all day but I never seem to get out of hereYeahShe write me foolish letters each and every dayTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahTelling me that I should come back home and stayYeahTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahShe's the most mixed up woman that I've ever sawTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahI think I should send her back to my mother-in-lawTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahI work all night but nothing ever seems to work out rightYeahShe stays on my mindTrying to make itAll the timeTrying to make itI never can rest in peaceI never can rest in peaceEvery time I lie down and try to sleepTry to sleepSomeone's saying here's a message for meAlright, whatI could catch the train tomorrow by fourTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahI go back home to the woman I knowTrying to make itYeah, oh yeahTrying to make itShe got me with the blues, yeah, oh yeahShe wrote and told me that she needs a new pair of shoes, yeah, oh yeahI wake all day but I never seem to get enough air, yeahI say I wake all night but nothing ever seems to work out rightIt's all I got right, it's all I got rightJust all I got right, oh yeah