Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

Tommy Shaw

[Verse 1]
Well, 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
I see them laugh in my face
But I've got the power, and I've got the will
And I'm not a charity case

[Hook]
And I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my eye to the keyhole
If it takes all that to be just what I am
Well, I gotta be a blue collar man

[Verse 2]
So 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

[Chorus]
Long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my back to the wall
If it takes all that to be just what I am
Well, I gotta be a blue collar man

[Bridge 1]
Keeping my mind on a better life
Where 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

Hey, hey, hey, oh yeah

[Chorus]
Well, I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my eye to the keyhole
And if it takes all that to be just what I am
Well, I gotta be a blue collar man

[Bridge 2]
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

[Chorus]
I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my back to the wall
All that to be just what I am
Well, I gotta be a blue collar
Gonna be a blue collar
Gotta be a blue collar man

[Outro]
Alright!
Believe it!

Trivia about the song Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) by Dennis DeYoung

When was the song “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)” released by Dennis DeYoung?
The song Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) was released in 2014, on the album “Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx - Live in Los Angeles”.
Who composed the song “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)” by Dennis DeYoung?
The song “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)” by Dennis DeYoung was composed by Tommy Shaw.

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