Give me a job, give me security
Give me a chance to survive
I'm just a poor soul in the unemployment line
My God, I'm hardly alive
My mother and father, my wife and my friends
I see them laugh in my face
But I've got the power, and I've got the will
I'm not a charity case

I'll take those long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my eye to the keyhole
If it takes all that to be just what I am
I'm gonna be a blue collar man

Make me an offer that I can't refuse
Make me respectable, man
This is my last time in the unemployment line
So like it or not I'll take those

Long nights, impossible odds
Keeping my back to the wall
If it takes all that to be just what I am
I'm gonna be a blue collar man

Keeping my mind on a better life
When happiness is only a heartbeat away
Paradise, can it be all I heard it was
I close my eyes and maybe I'm already there

Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

	Year	US Chart Position	B Side	Notes	Other
Single	1978	21	Superstars	AMP-1005 Japan
Single	1978	21	Superstars	AMS-7388 Gatefold, Blue Vinyl England
Single	1978	21	Superstars	K-7275 New Zealand & Australia
Single	1978	21	Aku-Aku	Blue Vinyl Netherlands
Video	1978	21			YouTube