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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Styx
Performer
Tommy Shaw
Vocals
James Young
Guitar
Lawrence Gowan
Vocals
Todd Sucherman
Drums
Ricky Phillips
Vocals
Chuck Panozzo
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Tommy Shaw
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gary Loizzo
Producer
Sam Fishkin
Engineer
Terry Fryer
Producer
Danny Leake
Mastering Engineer
Boris Seagraves
Engineer
Guy Charbonneau
Recording Engineer
Tommy Shaw
Producer
James Young
Mixing Engineer
Lawrence Gowan
Mixing Engineer
Todd Sucherman
Producer
Ricky Phillips
Mixing Engineer
Chuck Panozzo
Producer
Lyrics
Give me a job, give me security
Give me a chance to survive
I'm just a poor soul in the unemployment line
My God, I'm hardly alive
My mother and father, my wife and my friends
You see them laugh in my face
But I've got the power, and I've got the will
I'm not a charity case
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my eye in the keyhole
If it takes all that to be just what I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar man
Make me an offer that I can't refuse
Make me respectable, man
This is my last time in the unemployment line
So like it or not, I'll take those
Long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my back to the wall
If it takes all night to be just what I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar man
Keeping my mind on a better life
When happiness is only a heartbeat away
Paradise, can it be all I heard it was?
I close my eyes and maybe I'm already there
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my back to the wall
All that to be just what I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar man
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
(You don't understand)
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my eye to the keyhole
If it takes all that to be just who I am
Well, I'm gonna be a blue collar
Gotta be a blue collar-
Gonna be a blue collar man
Alright!
Believe it
Writer(s): Tommy Shaw
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