Alabama - Forty Hour Week (For A Livin') (Official Video)

(upbeat country music) ♪ 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 autoworkers ♪ ♪ Let me thank you for your time ♪ ♪ You work a 40-hour week for a livin ♪ ♪ Just to send it on down the line ♪ ♪ Hello, Pittsburgh steel mill workers ♪ ♪ Let me thank you for your time ♪ ♪ You work a 40-hour week for a livin ♪ ♪ Just to send it on down the line ♪ ♪ This is for the one who swings the hammer ♪ ♪ Driving home the nail ♪ ♪ Or the one behind the counter ♪ ♪ Ringing up the sale ♪ ♪ Or the one who fights the fires ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Working together like spokes inside a wheel ♪ ♪ They keep this country turning around ♪ ♪ Hello, Kansas wheat field farmer ♪ ♪ Let me thank you for your time ♪ ♪ You work a 40-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 40-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 ♪ ♪ Or the one out in the warehouse ♪ ♪ Bringing in the load ♪ ♪ Or 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 ♪ ("America the Beautiful")

Channel: AlabamaVEVO

Views: 12,030,982

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Id: S-G2J3RzURA

Length: 3min 23sec (203 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 09 2013

Reddit Comments

[u/PokeMEMEfan]

Hello... A M E R I C A . Let me...thank youuu foorrr youurrrr...tiiiiiiiiiime

[u/ShotgunJohnny11]

Alabama is one of the best Country bands ever. I can't choose just one from them but Forty Hour Week For A Livin' is great!

[u/GenPierce_UK]

Alabama band was one of the last great country music groups/singers the other last great ones were Toby Keith, Lee Greenwood and Ray Stevens

[u/[deleted]]

I live in bama. My friend is randy Owens nephew

[u/[deleted]]

Great song it definitely took on a new meaning during this pandemic

[u/ChrisLeeCountry]

Great song!

[u/neonstrat]

Pretty good song. My personal favorite song from Alabama is "Dixieland Delight"

[u/[deleted]]

Damn good song. it definitely hasn’t aged well.