(toby keith/chuck cannon)

my name is jesse, i was named after my father
followed in his footsteps, down here to this factory
i ain´t complainin´, wouldn´t waste my breath to bother
this work ain´t hard, it´s only borin´ as can be

i married billy johnson back in seventy-seven
i still love him and i guess he loves me too
we go to church on sundays ´cause we want to go to heaven
me and my family, ain´t that how you´re supposed to do

but i´m tired, lord i´m tired
life is wearin´ me smooth down to the bone
no rest for the weary, ya just move on
tired, lord i´m tired

i´ve only missed six days in nigh on twenty years o´ work
the money went to taxes and these bills i´ve paid on time
the raise i got two months ago don´t meet the cost o´ living
selling my best years for these nickels and these dimes

the smell of billy´s coffee rolled me out of bed this morning
i showered and dressed and then i threw some makeup on
i walked in the kitchen, he was starin´ out the window
the way he said good morning made me ask is something wrong

he said i´m tired, woke up tired
and life is wearin´ me smooth down to the bone
and there´s no rest for the weary, you just move on
i guess you just keep goin´ till your gone
tired

oh lord, i´m tired
i´m tired
oh, lord i´m tired