"Don't Shed No Tears" lyrics

You know I wear my heart on my sleeve
Under a flannel shirt in this factory
Like my daddy did and his dad before
Building planes and trains and welding things
Through every single war

Today some kid from outta town gathered all of us around
Said don't worry then turned around and shut the whole dang factory down

Don't shed no tears, don't show no fear
We'll make the rent, don't worry dear
Life will go on, it ain't no thing
This ain't no funeral or baseball game

Later on that afternoon the whole second shift threw back a few
And we talked about what we was gonna say
To all our wives when we got home that day
My girl is four, my boy is two and they don't care about what I do
If the bills get paid or don't they just know when daddy's home

Don't shed no tears, don't show no fear
We'll make the rent, don't worry dear
Life will go on, it ain't no thing
This ain't no funeral or baseball game

The only time I saw daddy cry
Was the day I pitched at disch-faulk and the night grandaddy died

Don't shed no tears, don't show no fear
We'll make the rent, don't worry dear
Life will go on, it ain't no thing
This ain't no funeral or baseball game
No funeral or baseball game