Alabama: Forty-Hour Week

Alabama: Forty-Hour Week (official music video)

Hilton Hotel concert (Las Vegas, NV, 10-10-1998)

Farm Aid benefit concert (Champage, IL, 9-22-1985)

There are people in this country, Who work hard every day. Not for fame or fortune do they strive. But the fruits of their labor Are worth more, than their pay And it's time a few of them were recognized. Hello, Detroit auto worker, Let me thank you for your time! You work a forty-hour week for a livin', Just to send it on down the line. Hello, Pittsburgh steel mill worker, Let me thank you for your time! You work a forty-hour week for a livin', Just to send it on down the line. This is for the one, who swings the hammer, drivin' home the nail. For the one behind the counter, ringin' up the sales. For the one, who fights the fire, the one, who brings the mail. For everyone, who works behind the scenes. You can see them every morning in the factories and the fields, In the city streets and the quiet country towns, Workin' together like spokes inside a wheel. They keep this country turnin' around. Hello, Kansas wheat field farmer, let me thank you for your time! You work a forty-hour week for a livin', just to send it on down the line. Hello, West Virginia coal miner, let me thank you for your time! You work a forty-hour week for a livin', just to send it on down the line. This is for the one, who drives the big rig Up and down the road. For the one out in the warehouse Bringin' in the load. For the waitress, the mechanic, The policeman on patrol. For everyone, who works behind the scenes With a spirit, you can't replace with no machine. Hello, America, let me thank you for your time!