Songs that have to do with "work, labor..."

low-key · Sep 4, 2016

ROSE ROYCE
"Car Wash"

Ooooh...
You might not ever get rich
But let me tell you it's better than digging a ditch
There ain't no telling who you might meet
A moviestar or maybe even an Indian chief

Working at the car wash
Working at the car wash, yeah
Come on and sing it with me, car wash
Sing it with the feeling now, car wash yeah

Come some of the work get's kind of hard
This ain't no place to be if you planned on being a star
Let me tell you it's always cool
And the boss don't mind sometimes if you act a fool

At the car wash, woooh
Talking about the car wash, yeah
Come on y'all and sing it for me
Car wash, woh, car wash yeah

(Work and work) Well those cars never seem to stop coming
(Work and work) Keep those waxin' machines humming
(Work and work) My fingers to the bone
(Work and work) Keep up, I can't wait till it's time to go home

Hey, get your car washed today
Fill up and you don't have to pay
Come on and give us a play
(Working at, working at the)

Car wash
Talking about the car wash yeah
Car wash yeah
Come on y'all and sing it with me
Car wash
Sing it with feeling
Car wash yeah [Repeat till fade]

Wowowoh
Those cars never seem to stop coming
Keeps those rags and machines coming
Let me tell you it's always cool,
And the boss don't mind sometimes if you, act the fool

jevs · Sep 4, 2016

dotfurio · Sep 4, 2016

MataHari22 · Sep 4, 2016

porschegrl · Sep 4, 2016

Sixteen Tons - probably the most famous recording is the one by Tennessee Ernie Ford

MataHari22 · Sep 4, 2016

And I know it's not about actual work, like a job, but I also immediately thought of George Gershwin's, Nice Work If You Can Get It, because I've had to sing it so many times in the past.

jevs · Sep 4, 2016

MataHari22 said:

Love this!

I haven't heard it in years.

hereyago · Sep 4, 2016

9 to 5: Dolly Parton

Take This Job And Shove It: Johnny Paycheck

MataHari22 · Sep 4, 2016

I don't wanna work...just wanna bang on the drums all day....

King Schultz · Sep 4, 2016

"Working On The Highway"

Springsteen

Friday night's pay night, guys fresh out of work
Talking about the weekend, scrubbing off the dirt
Some heading home to their families, some looking to get hurt
Some going down to Stovell wearing trouble on their shirts
I work for the county out on 95
All day I hold a red flag and watch the traffic pass me by
In my head I keep a picture of a pretty little miss
Someday, mister, I'm gonna lead a better life than this

[CHORUS]
Working on the highway, laying down the blacktop
Working on the highway, all day long I don't stop
Working on the highway, blasting through the bedrock
Working on the highway, working on the highway

I met her at a dance down at the union hall
She was standing with her brothers, back up against the wall
Sometimes we'd go walking down the union tracks
One day I looked straight at her and she looked straight back
So I'm...

[REPEAT CHORUS]

I saved up my money and I put it all away
I went to see her daddy but we didn't have much to say
"Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl
She don't know nothing about this cruel, cruel world"
We lit out down to Florida, we got along all right
One day her brothers came and got her and they took me in a black-and-white
The prosecutor kept the promise that he made on that day
And the judge got mad and he put me straight away
I wake up every morning to the work bell clang
Me and the warden go swinging on the Charlotte County road gang
I'm...

[REPEAT CHORUS TWICE]