# Identify a song from lyrics
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-lyrics/484159
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 2, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-lyrics/484159 "2009-02-02T22:21:34Z")
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### Author:  [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-lyrics/484159/1 "2009-02-02T22:21:34Z")
This is from the early 80’s, most likely, and has a repeated “Get Working” as a sort of chorus.
Here’s one of the verses:
The foreman tells me what to do
He really hates me says I ruin his [crew?]
Put a thumbtack in his shoe
watched him hop around for a week
like a bullfrog up a creek
I didn’t anticipate
He’d investigate
All the evidence points to me
Now that’s the end of [coffee breaks]
The singer sounds a little bit like Peter Gabriel. The music & beat have a vague resemblence to Don Henley’s “Dirty Laundry”.
I’ve tried searching on parts of the lyrics, but with no success yet.
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### Author:  [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-lyrics/484159/2 "2009-02-04T06:22:11Z")
Nobody? Any hints?
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### Author:  [@Carson\_O\_Genic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carson_O_Genic)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-lyrics/484159/3 "2009-02-04T11:33:29Z")
The song is from Jeff Beck’s “Flash”.
A friend gave a casette copy, but I did see the album cover once. There are a few guest singers, Rod Stewart notably on “People get Ready”.
I’m pretty sure Beck sings the song in question.
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### Author:  [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-song-from-lyrics/484159/4 "2009-02-04T18:12:48Z")
That’s it, thanks!
The song is called “Get Workin’”, and this [Rolling Stone review](http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jeffbeck/albums/album/197609/review/5941811/flash) confirms that it is Jeff Beck on vocals.