Got a Job

Album: Greatest Hits from the Beginning (1958)
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  • Walked all day till my feet were tired
    I was low, I just couldn't get hired
    So I sat in a grocery store
    "Help is light and I need some more"

    (I got a job)
    Sha na na na, sha na na na na
    (repeat above 2 lines 3 times)
    Well, I fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly (got a job)
    Sha na na na, sha na na na na

    You've been houndin' me to get a job
    Well I finally did and my boss is a slob
    He's on my back really all day long
    It seems like everything I do is wrong
    Well, I fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly (got a job)
    Sha na na na, sha na na na na

    (He says to me)
    "Get the boxes, take 'em to the basement
    Do the job right or I'll get a replacement
    Get the mop and clean the dirty floors
    and when you're finished wipe the windows and the doors"
    I fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly (got a job)
    Sha na na na, sha na na na na

    Well, this man's about to drive me stone insane
    One of these days I'm gonna have a fit
    and though the boss keeps a-runnin' through my brain
    I'll never (never) (never) (never) (never never quit my brand new job)
    Workin' all day and workin' all night and workin' all day

    (He says to me)
    "Get the boxes, take 'em to the basement
    Do the job right or I'll get a replacement
    Get the mop and clean the dirty floors
    and when you're finished wipe the windows and the doors"
    I fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly fin'lly (got a job)
    Sha na na na, sha na na na na

    Well, this man's about to drive me stone insane
    One of these days I'm gonna have a fit
    and though the boss keeps a-runnin' through my brain
    I'll never (never) (never) (never) (never never quit my brand new job)
    Workin' all day and workin' all night and workin' all day

    Workin' all day and workin' all night and workin' all day Writer/s: BERRY GORDY JR, BERRY JR GORDY, SMOKEY ROBINSON, TYRAN CARLO
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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