(Beckley/Sledge)
Lyrics
I was born in a small town not far from Three Rivers
Raised in the school of hard knocks and bad breaks
My spirit was forged in the coal mines and steel mills
I know the meaning of American Made
(Chorus):
Buddy, I'm built from blue collar steel
Rock hard and ready to fight for what's real
I don't back up and I don't back down
I'll be blue collar steel when I go to the ground
Just like my daddy and his daddy before him
I worked with my back for an honest day's wage
I helped build this country for better or worse
And I'll stand by her side 'til my dyin' day
(Chorus):
Buddy, I'm built from blue collar steel
Rock hard and ready to fight for what's real
I don't back up and I don't back down
I'll be blue collar steel when I go to the ground
All of my brothers and all of my sisters
Are working class people who live everywhere
The next time you see the skyline of a city
Think for a minute of how it got there
(Chorus):
Buddy, we're built from blue collar steel
Rock hard and ready to fight for what's real
We don't back up and we don't back down
We'll be blue collar steel when we go to the ground
(Chorus):
Buddy, we're built from blue collar steel
Rock hard and ready to fight for what's real
We don't back up and we don't back down
We'll be blue collar steel when we go to the ground
(Tag):
We don't back up and we don't back down
We'll be blue collar steel when we go to the ground