By Now I Would Be Dead

He said hard work never killed a man…and grandpa ought to know
He must have walked ten thousand miles...down those old corn rows
Following behind a plow…with an ole mule called Jim
I don’t know who had a harder head…that ole 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 cow’s to milk, a hog to feed…and the chickens must be fed
If hard work is gonna kill ya boy...by now I would be dead

You’ve learned some lessons at the south end of a mule
Following a 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 cow’s to milk, a hog to feed…and the chickens must be fed
If hard work is gonna kill ya boy...by now I would be dead

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 cow’s to milk, a hog to feed…and the chickens must be fed
And If hard work is gonna kill ya boy...by now I would be dead
And If hard work is gonna kill ya boy...by now I would be dead