"Tired" adalah lagu yang dibawakan oleh penyanyi country ternama Toby Keith. Lagu ini menceritakan tentang kehidupan pekerja keras bernama Jackson yang lelah dan letih dengan rutinitas hidupnya sehari-hari. Jackson telah lama bekerja di sebuah pabrik, mengikuti jejak ayahnya. Meskipun pekerjaannya tidak sulit, tetapi sangat membosankan. Ia menikah dengan Rebecca dan memiliki sebuah keluarga yang ia cintai, namun beban kehidupan yang berat membuatnya merasa lelah. Jackson telah bekerja hampir dua puluh tahun tanpa absen, tetapi kenaikan gaji yang diterimanya tidak dapat menutupi biaya hidup yang semakin tinggi. Lirik lagu ini mengungkapkan perjuangan dan keputusasaan yang dihadapi oleh banyak pekerja keras yang merasa lelah dan terjebak dalam kehidupan mereka yang melelahkan.
Tired Lyrics
Toby Keith
Followed in his footsteps, down here to this factory
I ain't complainin', wouldn't waste my breath to bother
This work ain't hard, it's only borin' as can be
Married Rebecca back in seventy-seven
I still love her and I guess she loves me too
We go to church on Sundays 'cause we want to go to heaven
Me and my family, ain't that how you're supposed to do
But I'm tired, Lord I'm tired
Life is wearin' me smooth down to the bone
No rest for the weary, ya just move on
Tired, Lord I'm tired
I've only missed six days in nigh on twenty years o' work
The money went to taxes and these bills I've paid on time
The raise I got two months ago don't meet the cost o' living
Selling my body for these nickels and these dimes
The smell of Becky's coffee rolled me out of bed this morning
I showered and shaved and dressed and pulled my work boots on
Walked in the kitchen, she was starin' out the window
The way she said good morning made me ask is something wrong
She said I'm tired, woke up tired
Life is wearin' me smooth down to the bone
No rest for the weary, ya just move on
I guess you just keep goin' till your gone
Tired, Lord I'm tired
Tired, Lord I'm tired