• Song:

    Take this Job and shove it

  • Artist:

    Johnny Paycheck

  • Album:

    Six Play: Johnny Payche...

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TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT     
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I AIN'T WORKING HERE NO MORE 
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WOMAN DONE LEFT AND TOOK ALL THE REASONS I WAS WORKING FOR 
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YOU BETTER NOT TO 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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I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THIS FACTORY  FOR NIGH ON FIFTEEN YEARS 
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ALL THIS TIME I WATCHED MY WOMAN DROWNING 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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I'D GIVE THE SHIRT RIGHT OFF OF MY BACK IF I HAD THE GUTS TO SAY 
 

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WELL THAT FOREMAN HE'S A REGULAR DOG THE LINE BOSS HE'S A FOOL 
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GOT A BRAND NEW FLATTOP HAIRCUT LORD HE THINKS HE'S COOL 
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ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GONNA BLOW MY TOP 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... 
 
CHORUS 
 

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TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT
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