REO Speedwagon — Blue Collar Man Long Nights

[Verse 1] Give me a job, give me security (Oh) 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 You see them laugh in my face But I've got the power, and I've got the will I'm not a charity case Sing it boys! [Hook] Long nights, impossible odds Keeping my eye to the keyhole If it takes all that to be just what I am Well I'm gonna be a blue collar man Let me hear it! Take it, Kevin! [Verse 2] Oh, make me an offer that I can't refuse Make me respectable, man This is my last time in the unemployment line I've got a merit and I [Chorus] I'll take those long nights, (Oh yeah) impossible odds Keeping my back to the wall If it takes all that (All that) to be just what I am Well I'm gonna 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 [Chorus] I'll take those long nights, (Take the long nights) impossible odds (I'm gonna) Keeping my back to the wall If it takes all that (If it takes all that) to be just what I am Well I'm gonna be a blue collar man [Bridge 2] (I'm just a workin' man) Do do do do do do do do (I work for a livin', baby) Do do do do do do do do (With all that I can) Do do do do do do do do (Come on, put it together) 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 (That's right) to be just what I am Well I'm going to be a blue collar Gotta be a blue collar Gonna be a blue collar man [Outro] Oh yeah! St. Louis!