Elvie Shane - Forgotten Man (Official Music Video)

Stream Forgotten Man: Get tickets to see Elvie on tour: Subscribe to Elvie’s Channel: Follow Elvie: Website: Email Newsletter: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: @elvieshane Twitter: Lyrics: Go to bed early, wake up at dawn Swinging from the hip and punching at the clock Build a hell of a life what more could you want Than a week’s paid vacation and a pick up loan I got a little white house with a flag in the front Way that it is, is the way that it was Dirt turns to mud here, steel turns to rust The color of my neck’s still the same as my blood Daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar Can’t unpaint the blue on my collar Gas is getting too damn high And land is too Can’t get your hands on an acre, that ain’t handed down to you Towers moving in, sending rent through the roof But we can’t lay down, so we lace up our boots Daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar Can’t unpaint the blue on my collar Here’s to their backs giving out and callous cracked hands The bank pissed away your retirement plans But I’m still holding that flame ‘cause I still give a damn About that beaten down forgotten man My daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar Can’t unpaint the blue on my collar Daddy spent his whole life working for a dollar Name on his patch, more like a badge of honor Sent me off to school, tried to turn me to a scholar Can’t unpaint the blue on my collar #ElvieShane #ForgottenMan
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