I'm a graveyard man
workin' dusk to dawn
Thirteen years behind a sandin' drum
6 a .m. when my shift is done
I'm out the side door squintin'
to the risin' sun
Cross the gravel to the pickup truck
The door won't latch
unless you hold it up
Got to let it run before you drive it
But it's one thing I can always rely on
One day the fruits of my labor
One day the fruits of my labor
One day the fruits of my labor
gonna shine on through
Drive home to take the kids to school
Help their momma with
all she's gotta do
Don't know how she keeps
us all together
She's an angel with an at titude
I drop a gear as I pass the field
Always takes me back
to when I used to play here
I stop at the store on the
edge of town
Cause I like a drink before I lay down
Yeah, one day the fruit's to my labor
One day the fruit's to my labor
One day the fruits of my labor
Gonna shine on through
guitar so lo
Thirteen years with the company
Still they might ship my job overseas
Rumors fly around
and the brass don't deny it
I guess they need the work
worse than China
I try not to chase
the questions down
Try not to wrap my mind
too tight around
Where it all starts and where it ends
Just sleep, wake, and do it again
One day the fruit's to my labor
One day the fruit's to my labor
One day the fruit's to my labor
Gonna shine on through
Let love shine on
Preacher said pray without ceasing
Daddy said settle down, son,
there's no point in leaving
Wife says don't forget
how your family needs you
And for some reason I keep on believin'
One day the fruits of my labor
One day the fruits of my labor
One day the fruits of my labor
Gonna shine on through
Gonna shine on through
Gonna shine
Gonna shine on through you