Tommy Shaw — Blue Collar Man Long Nights

[Intro] Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no [Verse 1] Gimme a job, gimme 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, my father, my wife and my friends I see them laugh in my face But I got the power, and I got the will I'm not a charity case [Hook] I'll take the long nights, impossible odds Keeping my eye to the keyhole And if it takes all that to be just what I am I'm gonna be a blue collar man, yeah I'm gonna, gonna, gonna [Verse 2] 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 the [Chorus] Long nights, impossible odds Keeping my back to the wall And if it takes all that to be just what I am 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] And I'll take the long nights, impossible odds Keeping my back to the wall And if it takes all that to be just what I am I'm gonna be a blue collar man [Bridge 2] Ooh ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh ooh ('Cause I am what I am) Ooh ooh ooh ooh (Blue collar man) Ooh ooh ooh ooh (Ooh) Ooh ooh ooh ooh (Just like my daddy was) Ooh ooh ooh ooh [Chorus] Oh, and I'm gonna take the long nights, impossible odds Keeping my back to the wall And if it takes all that to be just what I am I'm gonna be a blue collar Gotta be a blue collar Gonna be a blue collar man [Outro] I'm gonna be a blue collar man I'm gonna be a blue collar man (You sing it) Gonna be a blue collar man (Yeah, yeah, yes, I'm) Gonna be a blue collar man ('Cause I am what I am) Gonna be a blue collar man (Blue collar man) Gonna be a blue collar man (Gonna be, I'm gonna be, gonna be, gonna be) Gonna be a blue collar man (Blue collar man) Gonna be a blue collar man Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah Yeah! Yeah, yeah! Blue collar man!