One step forward and two steps back Been carrying them bricks upon my back Bossman told me you ain't getting paid 'til the house is built and the bricks are laid It's made out of wood, made out of stone I'm building that man a fancy home That's the way it is let me tell you jack It's one step forward and two steps back Working man he got a row to hoe He's up in the morning and down the road Carry them bricks and carry that stone Making that man a fancy home Rich man he don't work no more Talks on the phone to his stockbroker That's the way it is let me tell you jack It's one step forward and two steps back Well I'm not a thinking man you see And I'm not looking for no sympathy But one of these days I'll get my fill Be down the road and over the hill I won't carry them bricks again And I won't do it for any man If I use my brain instead of my back I'll be two steps forward and one step back That's the way it is let me tell you jack It's one step forward and two steps back
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