Boss Man Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

Boss man, boss man, what do you say? 

I gotta get you alone in the mine some day 

Boss man, boss man, turn it around 

If you don't look away how can I sit down 

Look at this load upon my back 

Gotta get this wheel back on the track 

I can't hold on but I can't let go 

And I can't say yes, I can't say no 

Holes in my pockets and holes in my shoes 

If you're ready for me I'ma ready for you 

The company plan takes all my pay 

Got a child in July and another last May 

Boss man, boss man, what do you say? 

Gotta get you alone in the mine some day 

Push your face down in the coal 

'Cause you got no heart you got no soul 

Country life's the life for me 

In ten more years I'll a pensioner be 

The young-a lad knows when the girls are out 

Why you might say he's a rural sprout 

Boss man, boss man, what do you say? 

Gotta get you alone in the mine some day 

Boss man, boss man, clear the track 

You're gonna tear the skin right off-a my back 

Boss man, boss man, what do you say? 

If you can't lend a hand then get outta my way 

It'll be murder in the first degree 

If you ever lay your hands on me 

Boss man, boss man, pay my rent 

'Cause a dollar I've earned is a dollar I've spent 

The company plan takes all my check 

For breaking my back and risking my neck 

Boss man, boss man, what do you say? 

I gotta get you alone in the mine some day 

I can't hold on but I can't let go 

And I can't say yes, I can't say no