That's Why

My alarm goes off early, can't afford to be late

If I don't get a move on then

I won't get paid

So I throw back those covers and get my butt up outta bed

It's still dark when

I'm leavin' so

I let my lady sleep

I know her and them babies are a countin' on me

To put food on the table, keep this roof over our head

Yeah, and that's why

I get crackin' in the mornin'

Fight all that traffic out on

I-40Punch a clock at a job for a boss that

I don't like

Yeah, that's why

I keep swinging that hammer

Fight for each step that

I take on that ladder

Break my back for a slice of that

American pie

Yeah, that's why

Well, I wear a hard hat, steel toed boots and leather gloves

And my office is the front seat of a four door truck

Decorated with crayon drawn pictures all taped to the dash

And our Junior

Pro football starts here in

JulyThere'll be shoulder pads, jerseys and new cleats to buy

My wife's had her eye on some earrings

That I'd sure like her to have, yeah,

I wouldYeah, and that's why

I get crackin' in the mornin'

Fight all that traffic out on

I-40Punch a clock at a job for a boss that

I don't like

Yeah, that's why

I keep swinging that hammer

Fight for each step that

I take on that ladder

Break my back for a slice of that

American pie

Yeah, that's why

They want cell phones, laptops, ballet shoes and dresses

X-box, iPods, and rock 'n' roll drum lessons

But that's why

I get crackin' in the mornin'

Fight all that traffic out on

I-40Punch a clock at a job for a boss that

I don't like

Yeah, that's why

I keep swinging this hammer

Fight for each step that

I take on this ladder

Break my back for a slice of that

American pie

Yeah, that's why(That's why)

Yeah, that's why