Takin' Care of Business

They get up every morning From the alarm clock's warning Take the eight-fifteen into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushing, people shoving And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me, I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I've been takin' care of business, every day Takin' care of business, every way I've been takin' care of business, it's all mine Takin' care of business and working overtime Work out If it were easy as fishin' You could be a musician If you could make sounds loud or mellow Get a secondhand guitar Chances are, you'll go far If you get in with the right bunch of fellows People see you having fun Just a-lying in the sun Tell them that you like it this way It's the work that we avoid And we're all self-employed We love to work at nothing all day And we've been takin' care of business, every day Takin' care of business, every way We've been takin' care of business, it's all mine Takin' care of business and working overtime Whoo All right, ow! Yeah, yeah, yeah! Take good care of my business When I'm away, every day Whoo! They get up every morning From the alarm clock's warning Take the eight-fifteen into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushing, people shoving And the girls who try to look pretty And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me, I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day And I've been taking care of business, every day Takin' care of business, every way I've been takin' care of business, it's all mine Takin' care of business and working overtime Takin' care of business, whoo! Takin' care of business Takin' care of business, yeah Takin' care of business Takin' care of business, every day Takin' care of business, every way Takin' care of business, it's all mine Takin' care of business, and working overtime, whoo! Takin' care of business Takin' care of business We've been takin' care of business We've been takin' care of business, whoo! Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business