You may not know me now
  But I have been around
  You'll never see my name on any pages
  I'm just the common man
  The fool who understands
  The pain you go through
  When life takes you under
  
  So, sing for the common man
  A song for the common man
  He paid for the song with the sweat of his brow
  He will survive, he will survive
  
  You may not know my mother
  My sisters or my brothers
  Yet everyone has given for the other
  You know the working man
  He builds what others plan
  So, everyone of us should sing his story
  
  So, sing for the common man
  A song for the common man
  He paid for the song with the sweat of his brow
  He will survive, he will survive
  
  Dat after day
  He keeps working away
  In offices, factories, and farms
  Year after year
  He sheds tear after tear
  He will provide, he will survive
  
  So, sing for the common man
  A song for the common man
  He paid for the song with the sweat of his brow
  He will survive, he will survive