Lyrics:

I get up in the morning with the shipyard blues
I said I get up in the morning with the shipyard blues
Hello Mr. Boss, what do you want me to do?
He said pick up that sledgehammer now boy
You got to pound that steel
He said pick up that sledgehammer now boy
You got to pound that steel
I say yes sir Mr. Boss, you know I think I will
I work all day long, whether it's hot or cold
Yes I do
I work hard all day long, whether it's hot or cold
You see I got to do this 'cause my woman
You know she like that gold
Ain't that right Daddy G?

Listen, I'm going downtown, drink me a cold beer or two
Yes I will
I'm gonna go downtown, maybe to the 544 Club
Catch me a cold beer or two
Maybe I can drown away these back breaking
Mind numbing shipyard blues
I wake up in the morning with the shipyard blues
Oh yeah
I said I wake up in the morning, I got those shipyard blues
You know one day if I get lucky
I can lose these shipyard blues
But it ain't like that