[Verse 1]

Work work work, day after day

Fifty hour week, forty hour pay

No time to get over, all this overtime

Yeah, I'm always runnin', but I'm always runnin' behind

[Verse 2]

I got a Friday night date, with my sweetheart

I'm already late and the car won't start

Lord I feel like hittin' that car and cryin'

Yeah, I'm always runnin', but I'm always runnin' behind

[Bridge]

All my life it's been this way

One dollar short and one day late

One rung lower on the ladder I'm tryin' to climb

[Verse 3]

If I ever get lucky, if I ever get rich

Gonna tow my life up out of this ditch

Watch the world go by while I unwind

Yeah, I'm always runnin', but I'm always runnin' behind

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]

All my life it's been this way

One dollar short and one day late

One rung lower on the ladder I'm tryin' to climb

[Verse 4]

If I ever get lucky, if I ever get rich

Gonna tow my life up out of this ditch

Watch the world go by while I unwind

Yeah, I'm always runnin', but I'm always runnin' behind

[Outro]

Lord, I'm always runnin', but I'm always runnin' behind

Oh, Lord