Missed edit window–Billy Joel is The Piano Man
“The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)” is about people unloading a boatload of bananas.
“The Ballad of Forty Dollars” is the observations of a graveyard employee.
“Ballad of the Blue Cyclone” is about a wrestler and “The Haircut Song” is about barbers (both Ray Stevens).
Tim Hardin - If I were a carpenter
Lee Dorsey - Workin in a coalmine
Sam Cooke - Chain gang
You are the Egg-man. I am the Walrus.
Coo-Coo Ka Joob!
Me, too.
“Penny Lane” has a barber, a banker, a nurse, and a fireman.
“Eleanor Rigby” has a priest.
Several of the songs in “Lola vs. Powerman and the Money-go-round” are about the business side of music.
Drivin’ My Life Away - Eddie Rabbit singing about being a long hauler
Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley, another truck driver tune
Operator - Jim Croce singing to a telephone operator
Working On The Highway - Bruce Springsteen as a road paver
Dark As A Dungeon - Johnny Cash as a mine worker
“Code Monkey” by Jonathan Coulton, about a junior level programmer.
Roland was a Thompson Gunner (headless).
Warren Zevon has several:
The Envoy
Boom Boom Mancini (was a boxer)
Frank and Jesse James (were outlaws)
And, of course, Werewolves of London 
Several by Fountains of Wayne:
Bright Future In Sales
California Sex Lawyer
Karpet King (carpet installer)
Halley’s Waitress
Comedienne
Someone to Love (lawyer, photo retoucher)
Yolanda Hayes (DMV clerk)
Traffic and Weather (TV anchors)
Richie and Ruben (bar owners)
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This reminds me of another song popularized by Dr Demento, The Ballad of Irving
[/QUOTE]It would be helpful to actually mention the professions (or even the titles of some of the songs) for those who don’t want to watch youtube videos.
John Henry was a steel-drivin’ man.
In The Who’s Quadrophenia album, Bell-boy is of course about a bell-boy, and The Dirty Jobs includes a pig farmer, coal miner, and bus driver.
Don’t Stand So Close To Me - Teacher/anybody practicing social distancing
Sloop John B - Sailor
Major Tom - Astronaut/Ground Controller
Dave Frishberg - My Attorney Bernie
The Accountancy Shanty by Monty Python
Rolling Stones - The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man
From the early 1960’s Ray Peterson’s “Tell Laura I Love Her” - about a stock car racer.
Zip City by Drive-By Truckers
“Your Daddy is a deacon down at the Salem Church of Christ
And He makes good money as long as Reynolds Wrap keeps everything wrapped up tight”
Interesting. I listened to this fairly obscure song just yesterday while out in the Jeep.
Other Beatles songs:
Paperback Writer
Tax Man
Dr. Robert
Please Mr. Postman
Mr. Kite was an acrobat
Her Majesty was a queen
We got this far without My Old Man’s A Dustman by Lonnie Donegan?
How about a matching pair? My Old Man by Ian Dury (Bus driver and, later, chauffeur.)
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Anthony works in a grocery store
Sgt O’Leary is a cop who is a bartender on the weekends
- both from Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) by Billy Joel