[Verse 1]
I got a champagne taste, but lemonade money
Got a Merle CD blasting out "Workin' Man's Blues"
Ah, man, well, my life's a joke, but the punchline, it still ain't funny
Leave me here at the bar 'cause I ain't got nothing to lose
[Verse 2]
It's been six good years, but man, now we still ain't married
Service-station flowers and a pawn shop's neon ring
I mainline Willie and Waylon and Charley and Drayton
But, man, the Cash I ain't carrying
Trying to make it work, this whole damn honky tonk thing
[Verse 3]
And, man, well, took it an album to figure out what I was saying
Thank you all and the good woman by my side
Mm, I'm a working man up a gallow's pole
I'm a loving man with a heart of gold, trying
And you best believe I don't have a penny to my name
[Verse 4]
Oh, well now, champagne taste, but man, I got lemonade money
Got a Merle CD blasting out "Workin' Man's Blues"
And now, well, my life's a joke, but the punchline still ain't funny
Leave me here at the bar 'cause I ain't got nothing to lose
[Outro]
I said leave me here at the bar 'cause I ain't got nothing to lose