Carpal Tunnel

Early in the morning at the start of the day
I force my fingers 'round the handle of the blade
Start in to cuttin' just as fast as I can
By the end of the day I can hardly move my hands

I got that old carpal tunnel and my hands won't move
But the foreman tells me to stay in the groove
You cut that cattle as fast as I do
You'll get that carpal tunnel too
Oh, ten years ago I started in the kill
Now ten years later, well, I got my fill
But I keep on cuttin' though the line's twice as fast
Well, I don't know how long these arms will last

I got that old carpal tunnel and my hands won't move
But the foreman tells me to stay in the groove
You cut that cattle as fast as I do
You'll get that carpal tunnel too

I work with a knife and a blade in my hand
I cut them cows with a big iron band
But it feels like a knife is cuttin' me all the time
'Cause the carpal tunnel lives in the big nerve line

I got that old carpal tunnel and my hands won't move
But the foreman tells me to stay in the groove
You cut that cattle as fast as I do
You'll get that carpal tunnel too

There ain't five minutes that passes a man
That he don't feel the carpal tunnel deep in his hands
He feels it in his fingers and wrists all the time
It's the curse of the speed upon the carcass line

I got that old carpal tunnel and my hands won't move
But the foreman tells me to stay in the groove
You cut that cattle as fast as I do
You'll get that carpal tunnel too

Now I'll go in for an operation once more
But I'll come right back to the killing floor
And I'll tell them darling children of mine
"Don't you ever go to work on the packinghouse line

I got that old carpal tunnel and my hands won't move
But the foreman tells me to stay in the groove
You cut that cattle as fast as I do
You'll get that carpal tunnel too

Oh, the foreman tells me to stay in the groove
I got that old carpal tunnel and my hands won't move