Songs About / On: WORK

five days out of seveneight hours of every oneI'm tryin' to buy a piece of heavenbut I'll be gonebefore that heaven comes
work, work, workwho nees it?it's all I ever seem to doI'm killin' myself for a livin'livin' the workin' man's blues
minute to minuteday after daywherever I go it's always the sameI work a little longerto make up my paybut when the cheque comes alongthey've taken half of it away
all the work, work, workwho nees it?all I ever seem to doyou know I'm killin' myself for a livi read more »

I see flames jumping high
"Burn, baby, burn" is my cry
Will work for gasoline
Addiction to kerosene
I fight for fire, baby, burn read more »

I ain’t gonna work on maggie’s farm no more.
No, I ain’t gonna work on maggie’s farm no more
Well, I wake up in the morning
Fold my hands and pray for rain.
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin’ me insane
It’s a shame
The way she makes me
Scrub the floor
I ain’t gonna work on, nah
I ain’t gonna work on maggie’s farm no more.
I ain’t gonna work for maggie’s brother no more
Nah, I ain’t gonna work for maggie’s brother no more
Well, he hands you a nickel
And he hands you a dime read more »

Well I’m hiding my eyes from the morning sun
And I keep on working till the work is all done
But a voice in my head keeps ticking away
As the sweat’s hosed down from yet another day
Well he works hard
And he lives hard
And he breaks his back without nothing to gain
While the boss man sits around and drinks champagne read more »

Brush up on my field work
Better brush up on my field work
Gonna get my fingers dirty
Better brush up on my field work
One thing I need read more »

Brush up on my field work
Better brush up on my field work
Gonna get my fingers dirty
Better brush up on my field work
One thing I need read more »

(lennon/mccartney)

Try to see it my way
Do I have to keep on talking till I can’t go on
While you see it your way
Run the risk of knowing that or love may soon be gone
We can work it out
We can work it out read more »

(rickey medlocke)

White dove sittin’ on a blackberry bush
Is there any questioning why
Tell me what heaven you’re bound for today
Feel just like I could cry
Feel just like I could cry read more »

Tell me do you really know
Your brother man
'Cause a heart speaks louder
Than a colour can
And why would you even read more »

Save her, please don't let her down
I love her, please don't let her down
Hold her, the pressure gets her down
I told her, you can't let it get you down
Things will work out Betty, but you are gonna have to try read more »