Song Lyrics by: Michael Sean Perry

{c: Verse 1:}

Oh I’ve got some news I got around to kickin’ those Blues

Ain’t walking around no more staring at my boots

Ain’t spending all my time thinking on what went wrong

There’s too much work to do and work’s starting at dawn

{c: Verse 2:}

The cowboy’s all say you’re a lot tougher than you look

That mustang threw you right off her back

And you ain’t even shook

You pick yourself off rock bottom ground like you been there before

A cowboy’s job is never done and the daylight hours are short

{c: Chorus}

Working on a Helluva Heartache Is this what I got sober for?

Keeping in check the chances that I take

This ole heart can’t take no more

Working on a Helluva Heartache

This job’s gonna be done one day

{c: Bridge}

Witness sunrise in the in the West Texas Sky

You’ll see glory punching through the darkness of night

I put those old memories upon a shelf

For this corral fence ain’t gonna mend itself

{c: Verse 3:}

Someday I’ll go back home find a gal settle down and cease to roam

Find some work of the kind that don’t hurt my bones

I won’t be spending all my time working under the hot sun

The day my heart is healed and my job here is done

{c: Chorus}

Working on a Helluva Heartache Is this what I got sober for?

Keeping in check the chances that I take

This ole heart can’t take no more

Working on a Helluva Heartache

This job’s gonna be done one day