I've been laying on my back

Like a freight train off a track

Trying to find a job to fit my trade

With the morning sun come 'round

Well I'll be covering plenty of ground

And I don't need nobody to pay my aid

Mmmm pay my aid



Now Bess and me were feeling bad

And all the good jobs they were had

I had to take to sweeping up some floors

Well I don't mind that so much

Or the changing of my luck

But you know I could be doing so much more



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Well I'll be coming home tonight

Everything will be all right

And we'll be looking at tomorrow