Maybe you collect or maybe you pay (whether)

Still got to work that eight hour day

Whether you like that job or not

You'd better keep it on ice while you're lining up your long shot



Which is to say, hey hey, keep yer day job

Don't give it away, keep yer day job, whatever they say

Keep yer day job 'till your night job pays.



Steady boys starting that eight day hour

Never underrate that paycheck power

By now you know that the face on your dollar

Got a thumb on its nose and a hand on your collar

With a chance to say, hey hey, keep yer day job....



Daddy may drive a V-8 'Vette

Mama may bathe in champagne yet

God bless the child that's got his own stash

Nine to five and a place to crash

which is to say...

Sunday comes forget about work, Ring that bell for whatever it's worth.

If you ask me like I know you won't

I'll tell you what to do what I know that you won't