You Can Bend Me, But Never Break Me - Acoustic Working Man Blues

Описание: “You Can Bend Me, But Never Break Me” is a front-porch acoustic blues song about hard work, worn hands, and the quiet strength that keeps a man standing.

Told through dusty guitar, resonator slide, harmonica, and a raspy, honest vocal, the song follows a working man through long factory days and back home to the one place that still feels free - the porch, the family, and the evening light.

This is blues about survival, not surrender.
About bending under pressure - and still coming home whole.

Text:
You Can Bend Me, But Never Break Me

Long day draggin in my bones…

Been workin that old factory line, day after day
White-collar voices barkin, tellin me “move, don’t sway”
My back is bendin lower with every shift I choose
A man can lose his name out there – just wearin them factory blues

Clock hits five, but my soul feels more like two
Dust in my lungs, steel in my hands, nothin left to push through
Wage so small it disappears, like smoke in the evenin air
But a man keeps grindin anyway – cause quittin don't seem fair

Every step to home feels heavy as a stone
But something changes when I reach my porch alone

I crack a beer on the old veranda, let the whole world fade away
Watch my kids run wild in the yard, hear their laughter while they play
You can bend me, but never break me – I’m stronger than them worn-out shoes
Right here on this porch tonight – I’m shakin off them factory blues

Foreman shoutin all mornin, sayin “hurry boy, you’re slow”
Like he never felt the ache of years or how heavy life can go
But when the sun goes low and gold, my heart begins to choose
There’s more to life than cold machines – and livin by their rules

I ain’t rich, but I ain’t broken, no matter what I lose

I crack a beer on the old veranda, let the whole world fade away
Watch my kids run wild in the yard, hear their laughter while they play
You can bend me, but never break me – I’m stronger than them worn-out shoes
Right here on this porch tonight – I’m shakin off them factory blues

They can take my strength, they can take my time
But they won’t steal my evenin light, that little peace that’s mine

I crack a beer on the old veranda, let the troubles drift and bruise
See my babies chasin fireflies, barefoot in the twilight hues
You can bend me, but never break me – I’ve paid them hard man’s dues
Tonight I’m holdin my freedom tight – shakin off them factory blues

Just shakin… shakin off them blues…

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