Take this job and shove it
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Take this job and shove it,
I ain't
working here no more,
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my woman done left and took all
the reasons I was working for.
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You better not try to stand in my way as I’m a walking out the door,
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take this job and shove it, I ain't working here no more !
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1. I’ve been workin’ in this factory for now
on fifteen years,
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all
this time I watched my woman drownin’ in a pool of
tears.
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And I’ve seen a lot of good
folk die who had a lot of bills to pay,
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D
I'd give the shirt right off
of my back, if I had the guts to say :
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2. Well, that foreman, he’s a regular dog, the line boss, he’s a fool,
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got a
brand new flat-top haircut, Lord, he thinks he’s cool.
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One of these days, I’m gonna blow my top,
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and
that sucker, he’s gonna pay,
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Lord, I can’t wait to see
their faces, when I get the nerve to say.
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+ Take this job and shove it.
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Johnny Paycheck)