Track · Jun 2, 2026 · English

Burned Paycheck Blues

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Duration

5:13

Language

English

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I clock in before sunrise

Coffee cold in a paper cup

Same worn boots on the plywood

Same long road I’m backing up

I bagged those loads till my shoulders burned

Kept the whole line moving fast

Now they say the floor looks different

And my name don’t seem to last

[Pre-Chorus]

They cut my hours like twine

Then ask why I’m falling behind

The bills keep showing up early

And the paycheck don’t stretch like it did in time

[Chorus]

It don’t go far no more

By Friday night it’s gone

It don’t go far no more

(so far no more)

[Verse 2]

The manager smiled with a clipboard

Said “we gotta make some room”

While the rent went up in a hurry

And the gas tank drank too soon

I watched that grocery cart fill up

Then I watched it get half bare

One sack of rice and a hard roll

Ain’t enough for a family share

[Pre-Chorus]

They cut my hours like twine

Then ask why I’m falling behind

The bills keep showing up early

And the paycheck don’t stretch like it did in time

[Chorus]

It don’t go far no more

By Friday night it’s gone

It don’t go far no more

(so far no more)

[Bridge]

I ain’t too proud to say I’m tired

Ain’t no shame in the ache I wear

When the price tag keeps on climbing

And the folks up top don’t care

Still I’m standing in the doorway

With my hands and a stubborn heart

Trying to hold this little home together

When the money falls apart

[Chorus]

It don’t go far no more

By Friday night it’s gone

It don’t go far no more

(so far no more)

Style

slow country ballad with a brushed train-beat groovesteady acoustic strumsteel guitar sighsand sparse piano under the verses; pre-chorus lifts with bass walkups and harmony padschorus opens wider with gang vocal answers on the hookbridge drops to just voice and guitar before the final chorus swells. lead vocal is close-mic and weary with soft doublessubtle delay throws on the last word of each chorusand a few fiddle fills between lines. warmdusty mix with an intimate front-porch feel.countryslow

Prompt

Slow Country song about working every hour but being pushed out by managers and money not going as far as it used to

Credits

Prompt bylewisfisher25

GeneratedJun 2, 2026

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