When I left Kentucky back in ‘49,
An’ went to Detroit workin’ on a ‘sembly line.
The 1st year they had me puttin’ wheels on Cadillacs…
Some days won’t end ever and some days pass on by
I’ll be working here forever, at least until I die
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
I’m supposed to get a raise week, you know damn well I won’t
Workin’ for a livin’
Take this job and shove it
I ain’t working here no more
My woman done left and took all the reasons
I was workin for
You better not try to stand in my way
‘Cause I’m walkin’ out the door
Take this job and shove it
I ain’t workin’ here no more
I can still recall
The wheat fields of St. Paul,
And the morning we got caught
Robbing from an old hen.
Old McDonald, he made us work,
But then he paid us for what it was worth.
Another tank of gas,
And back on the road again.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on his farm he had some pigs, E-I-E-I-O
With an oink-oink here and an oink-oink there
Here an oink, there an oink
Everywhere an oink-oink
Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
No, I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them
They sing while you slave and I just get bored
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
Wake up Maggie I got something to say to you,
It’s late September and I really should be getting back to school…
I know I kept you amused,
Hey hey hey
Ba de ya, say do you remember
Ba de ya, dancing in September
Ba de ya, never was a cloudy day
Gray skies are gonna clear up
Put on a happy face
Brush off the clouds and cheer up
Put on a happy face
I can see clearly now, the rain is gone,
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It’s gonna be a bright, bright sun-shiny day.
I think I’ll go for a walk outside now,
The summer sun’s callin’ my name.
(I hear ya now.)
I just can’t stay inside all day,
I’ve gotta get out, get me some of those rays.
Sunshine came softly through my a-window today
Could’ve tripped out easy a-but I’ve a-changed my ways
It’ll take time, I know it but in a while
You’re gonna be mine, I know it, we’ll do it in style
Things that bother you
Never bother me
I feel happy and fine
Aha
Living in the sunlight
Loving in the moonlight
Having a wonderful time
Hello, world there’s a song that we’re singing,
C’mon get happy
Forget your troubles
Come on get happy
You better chase all you cares away
Shout hallelujah
Come on get happy
Get ready for the judgement day
I got fury in my soul, fury’s gonna take me to the glory goal
In my mind I can’t study war no more.
Save the people, save the children, save the country
Save the country
Save the country, now!
Don’t say a prayer for me now
Save it 'til the morning after
No don’t say a prayer for me now
Save it 'til the morning after
There’s got to be a morning after
If we can hold on through the night
We have a chance to find the sunshine
Let’s keep on looking for the light
Whatever gets you through the night
It’s all right, it’s all right
It’s your money or your life
It’s all right, it’s all right
Don’t need a sword to cut through’ flowers
Oh no, oh no
Countin’ flowers on the wall,
That don’t bother me at all,
Playin’ solitaire til dawn with a deck of 51,
Smokin’ cigarettes and watchin’ Capt. Kangaroo.
Now don’t tell me I’ve nothin’ to do…