When i was a little boy my dad worked in the coalmine He worked away for six days a week we didn´t see him much those days My mother worked as a waitress at the cattlemen´s club She worked hard eighteen hours a day but she hadn´t got no choice but to stay I had to readjust my way Watch my colourful future turn to grey I´m bluecollar proud can´t you see Living in a fantasy Bluecollar proud can´t you see Noone can take that away from me I started to work for a handful of dollars in a factory building some wheels I didn´t reflect over colours of the collars i didn´t thought it matter to me The whitecollar gang kept teasing me said i was easy to replace They said they were superior to me that i could disappear without a trace I had to readjust my ways Watch my colourful future turn to grey I´m bluecollar proud can´t you see Living in a fantasy Bluecollar proud can´t you see Noone can take that away from me I´m bluecollar proud can´t you see Living in a fantasy Bluecollar proud can´t you see Noone can take that away from me I´m bluecollar proud can´t you see Living in a fantasy Bluecollar proud can´t you see Noone can take that away from me