Haynes, Warren - Company Man Lyrics
I started working here when I was twenty-one
Summer of '56
My life had just begun
Back then this place was some place to be
Thought I could grow with the company
Never took a dime
Never raised a fuss
Right is right
Even for those of us
Who make a dollar while the man makes ten
They say hard work pays off in the end
Everything I got
I got with my own hands
Never wanted to be no company man
So I kept my eyes open and my mouth shut
Saw my workload increase and my pay cut
But I bought a house
Started a family
Still had some faith in the company
Hard time's hit '67 late
Devil must've opened up the flood gates
My wife, she left me for some other guy
And in my heart I guess I always knew why
She was never gonna understand
Never wanted to be no company man
'79 brought a dose of reality
We'd all heard the rumours about the company
One day they shut us down
Throughout the south
And keeping my job meant moving out
So I got hired on at the local factory
Couldn't see uprooting my whole family
Never thought I'd be starting over at this stage
Taking shit from some punk
Half my age
No retirement
No hospital plan
Never wanted to be no company man
Long since retired, now, from the factory
Hardly ever think about the company
Kinda lonesome, now the kids are grown
Moved away
Families of their own
Got me a little house and a piece of land
Never wanted to be no company man
Sometimes in this world you gotta make a stand
Never wanted to be no company man
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Haynes, Warren Company Man Comments
Who ever it is that votes these songs down must have there tiny tiny heads screwed on backwards. Long live Warren Haynes and his band.
Album of the year in any body's language bit different to the Mule.
Love ABB and this album... Not a big fan of the Mule though.
This song sounds an awful lot like another song. Just can't think of the title.
"All Used Up" by Utah Phillips?
Great new songs. Shows how diverse and talented Warren is. We who ran in the same circles new he was a talent, but jessss, great venture into a style which suits him well. Good work home boy.
My new favorite Warren song- he said in Asheville last night, he wrote this song for his dad... way groovy!
Railroad Earth is also strong in their own right. Saw RRE earlier this year and they were great. Lots of jamming.
<3 <3 <3
Country Ballad...not much of what a Blues Man stands for..fiddle, mandolin, could have had a steel guitar and made it full blown country. Sounds good...if you like modern country rock ballad's.
Share the lyrics PLEASE! I never wanted to be a company man.
I started working here when I was twenty-one
Summer of '56
My life had just begun
Back then this place was some place to be
Thought I could grow with the company
Never took a dime
Never raised a fuss
Right is right
Even for those of us
Who make a dollar while the man makes ten
They say hard work pays off in the end
Everything I got
I got with my own hands
Never wanted to be no company man
So I kept my eyes open and my mouth shut
Saw my workload increase and my pay cut
But I bought a house
Started a family
Still had some faith in the company
Hard time's hit '67 late
Devil must've opened up the flood gates
My wife, she left me for some other guy
And in my heart I guess I always knew why
She was never gonna understand
Never wanted to be no company man
'79 brought a dose of reality
We'd all heard the rumours about the company
One day they shut us down
Throughout the south
And keeping my job meant moving out
So I got hired on at the local factory
Couldn't see uprooting my whole family
Never thought I'd be starting over at this stage
Taking shit from some punk
Half my age
No retirement
No hospital plan
Never wanted to be no company man
Long since retired, now, from the factory
Hardly ever think about the company
Kinda lonesome, now the kids are grown
Moved away
Families of their own
Got me a little house and a piece of land
Never wanted to be no company man
Sometimes in this world you gotta make a stand
Never wanted to be no company man
Great song!
i can relate to this song