By Now I Would Be Dead

Intro (x2) verse 1 He said hard work never killed a man and Grandpa oughta know He must've walked 10 000 miles, down those old corn rows Following behind the plow, with an old mule called Jim I don't know who had a harder head, that old mule or him Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead Instrumental x2 verse 2 You can learn some lessons, at the south end of a mule Following the plow all day, will change your attitude About the way you view life, how hard you work in school His work was not to punish, but as a teaching tool Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead Instrumental x2 Wake up boy, get out of bed, don't you think you've slept enough There's lots of work a boy can do, before the sun comes up There's cows to milk, a hog to feed, the chickens must be fed And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead Outro And if hard works' gonna kill you boy, by now I would be dead Outro