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 
 
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba 
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba 
Bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip bip boo 
 
Well I'll be coming home tonight 
And everything will be all right 
And we'll be looking at tomorrow