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Roughneck – Nick Lawrence

Out here way south of town, the sun beating down
On my red dirt stained skin.
Got my coveralls, my hardhat and my steel toes are wearin’ thin.
This damn job it never quits, I break my back for that paycheck.
Cause I’m a slave driven oil field worker from the south…
Yeah they call me a roughneck

My wife and kids I ain’t seen in 12 and ½ days.
Been workin & waitin on the company man, to gimme’ that raise.
I ain’t scared of putting in some overtime
What you see is what you get.
Cause I’m a slave driven oil field worker from the south…
Yeah they call me a roughneck

Two weeks off and two weeks on in the middle of nowhere
Got a bad reputation, hard knocks education, yeah I’ve earned the scars I wear.
I’m a hell raisin’ workhorse livin’ this life with no regret
Cause I’m a slave driven oil field worker from the south…
YEAH I’M A ROUGHNECK!!

A year out here feels like ten on my achin’ back and soul
I’m feelin’ like an old man… and I’m only 28 yrs old.

Two weeks off and two weeks on in the middle of nowhere
Got a bad reputation, hard knocks education, yeah I’ve earned the scars I wear
I’m a hell raisin’ workhorse livin’ this life with no regret
Cause I’m a slave driven oil field worker from the south…

Two weeks off and two weeks on in the middle of nowhere
Got a bad reputation, hard knocks education, yeah I’ve earned the scars I wear.
I’m a hell raisin’ workhorse livin’ this life with no regret
Cause I’m a slave driven oil field worker from the south…
Yeah they call me a roughneck

Yeah they call me a roughneck
I'm a roughneck
I'm a roughneck