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Office Worker's Lament

from The Balkanoes by The Balkanoes

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I don't want a full-time job no more
No, I don't want a full-time job no more
I want to get up late and work from twelve till four
No, I don't want a full-time job no more.

I wanna part time job with twice the pay
Oh, I wanna part time job with twice the pay
But I won't get that I know there's just no way José
Oh, I wanna part time job with twice the pay

But you can't get what you want
No, you can't get what you want
Without a little bit of money in you pocket
No, you can't get what you want

I don't want to have to pay the rent
No, I don't want to have to pay the rent
As soon as money's earned the moneys' spent
Cos all of us, we have to pay our rent.

I don't want to do what I am told
No, I don't want to do what I am told
I'm not that young and you, you're not that old
So I'm not gonna do what I am told

But you can't do what you want
No, you can't do what you want
Without a little bit of money in you pocket
No, you can't do what you want

It's not that I refuse to be a member of society
It's just it seems so clear to me there's more to being alive
Than sitting at your desk all day and hanging off your monthly pay
Doing a job you hate from nine to five
Just to survive

It's not that I refuse to be a member of society
It's just it seems so clear to me there's more to being alive
Than sitting at your desk all day and hanging off your monthly pay
Doing a job you hate from nine to five
Just to survive
Are you alive?

I don't have a full-time job no more
No, I don't have full-time job no more
And yes the wolf's just kept from the door
But I don't have a full-time job no more.

But I don't know what I want
No, I don't know what I want
I've got a little bit of money in my pocket
But I don't know what I want
But I don't know what I want
No, I don't know what I want
I've got a little bit of money in my pocket
But I don't know what I want!

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from The Balkanoes, released June 1, 2018
Lyrics and music: Joe Hardy

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