Take This Job and Shove It - David Allan Coe

Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more My woman left and took all the reasons I was working for You better not try to stand in my way as I'm walking out the door Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more My woman left and took all the reasons I was working for You better not try to stand in my way as I'm walking out the door Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more I've been working in this factory from now on fifteen years All this time I've seen my woman drowning in her tears I've seen a lot of good people die who had a lot of bills to pay I'd give the shirt right off my back if I had the nerve to say Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more My woman left and took all the reasons I was working for You better not try to stand in my way as I'm walking out the door Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more Well that foreman, he's a regular dog, the line boss, he's a fool Got brand new skinhead hair cuts, thinks that he's so cool One of these days I'll blow my top or somebody's gonna pay I'd hate to see their faces when I get up the nerve to say Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more My woman left and took all the reasons I was working for You better not try to stand in my way as I'm walking out the door Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more Take this job and shove it I ain't working here, ain't working here Ain't working here no more

Brooklyn we go hard We on the look for the advantage, we work hard And if we seem to rough it up a bit We broke but we rich at heart Pull ourselves up now we won't choke It's our time, put the lights on us War tactics, they make me sick Reel your heart in, run away with it Smile in your face, undermine your back Got guns for the strength they lack So if you know another way You can't look the other way You know another way Tell them so right to their face We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine I pay for what's called Eccentricity and my wish to evolve I hear them all say That I got heart But not everything that it takes Taint my mind but not my soul Tell you I got fire I won't sell it for no payroll Let 'em hold me down I know if I know another way I can't look the other way I know another way I'll tell them so right to their face We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine Entirely, totally, bring it all together, I want everything If it's in, this feels like hot gossip... doesn't mean that we can be poor folks waiting on a trickle with your hands out I got a life that you can call it luck Because it wasn't due to you don't mean I ain't paying dues, you stupid fuck I'm ...things that you can't Just know I'm doing something you ain't simple and plain We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine We think you're a joke Shove your hope where it don't shine

Sinkin or swimmin is what we were told We were young But no one told Us how it was done Spendin your days in a way but you know it's begun Take what you got Take it and run So hot got her reachin' for the sunblock She like my style and the swag She hopes it rubs off I ain't here to waste time You know the man back Best advice I can give is to stand back Got the east south west north feeling it Bit the kers shit they like me on my killer shit My black belly in a Back alley Fuck that Imma talk 'bout money wit a bud bag Cruisin one deep, Havin conversations You think I'm tripping This my way of concentration I ain't listen to a hater Not in any way I'm a busy man, you see me know I'm getting paid I ain't like these other rappers I'm the opposite My boys are renting houses just to put the crops in it Ride around got a street mentality Hustle big you can meet fatalities Got a flow impecable You know in what the kers does The scene needed saving They lucky that I turned up I heard em all say "No body perfect" I agree but I gotta say kers is Moved out of c town when I got funds But every single hood there I'm still welcome That's a different Shit you know I'm certified Jealous haters spewin' They were hoping that the kerser died Own in the world in the world in my own That deserves a replay I'm in a world on my own With the writing and delivery Man you cunts are kidding me I got rich off this shit this is mine and that is literally I was rappin round the time I got my first pube I could tell you 'bout my best and my worst move I could tell you 'bout the beefs that I been through But I never lost once so I don't need to Fucken hell let me try stay positive You said you promise her you known what her promise is? Setting levels every time I go and pen bars Sickest Aussie rapper Man I know I set the bench mark Gotta get it any second man the clock stop Still confused this is life at the top scott Done the proper way too like you didn't know Don't compare me to a rapper this is different bro You feel the goosebumps rise off my low tone Gifted Haters acting like that don't know 'Member me in the drain for my film clip Swapping shirts with strays? That was real shit Beat the struggle with my brothers and we all tight I don't care if they talk man, they all lie What they own man I'm tired of me braggin My pockets full if my pants ever saggin' Get the vibe check your mates if they don't know You'll find the ones that wanna stay Won't go Kers one droppn hits for like ten years How the fuck else do you think that you get here Take it and run you can't trust the streets You can't trust who you trust Put trust in me Sinkin' or swimmin I'm driftin n driftin They listen n listen The sickest I did it again Sinkin or swimmin is what we were told We were young But no one told Us how it was done Spendin your days in a way but you know it's begun Take what you got Take it and run

By: david allan coe I can't see nothing' but spotlights Spotlights see nothing' but me All of my music is lonely Yea, all of my heartaches were free Don't waste your time or your flash bulbs Too many heroes are dead You like to live in the city Yea, i like to live in my head Somebody shoot out that spotlight Spotlights ain't nothing' but jive Roll me a smoke, and give me some coke Treat me like i am alive Tell all the ladies i'm single Tell lone star beer that i'm dry Everyone's lying' bout living' I'm tired of living' a lie I spend my nighttimes in mourning' I spend my morning's alone You spent your your money to see me tonight Yea, i spent all mine getting' stoned Now that they're both kinda busted Doesn't it seem kinda strange That i lay down knowing we're two of a kind And you'll leave here knowing my name

The railroad don't go there Airplane don't go there Gray hound don't go there Anywhere near there That mean I gotta walk Gotta stick out my thumb But the folks round these here parts child They don't pick up no walkin' bum My baby sent me there I didn't wanna go there Said that I'd find some work there Or somewhere near there I didn't get no job No I didn't get none I'm out on this highway I ain't nothin' but a walkin' bum Walkin' in the rain Walkin' in the sun And I ain't got no choice I'm a walkin' bum I gotta get home Anyway that I can now These rocks and stones are hurtin' my feet This walkin' bum is still a man The railroad don't go there Airplane don't go there Gray hound don't go there Anywhere near there That mean I gotta walk Ain't no sense in stickin out my thumb Cause these folks in alabama They just don't pick up no walkin' bums And that's what I am now I'm a walkin' bum I'm gonna get home someway Think I'll just pull my shoes off Sit down right here beside the road

They judge a boy by his friends And all'a mine are trash They say you find your own level Well, I'm a snake in the grass But I can't help the things I do I've always been attracted to Cheap thrills, don't you know I like Cheap thrills, it's night after night Cheap thrills Well, if you ain't supposed to do it I will I got a low reputationand and a bad attitude 'Cause all I want to do is something that I ain't supposed to do But I can't change the things I love I guess I'm just a victim of Cheap thrills, don't you know I like Cheap thrills, it's night after night Cheap thrills Well, if you ain't supposed to do it I will Cheap thrills, don't you know I like Cheap thrills, it's night after night Cheap thrills Well, if you ain't supposed to do it I will Cheap thrills, whoa, you know I like Cheap thrills, whoa, night after night Cheap thrills, yes, yes, yes If you ain't supposed to do it I will

Morning found me lyin' on a floor in New Orleans Looking like the patches was about to eat my jeans Feeling like my belly was a warehouse for the blues And I sure miss my sweet Cocaine Carolina Met her on an ocean liner, I called her Cocaine Carolina She was quite a lady then, I was 22 God knows how much I adored her I just never could afford her Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you? Goodbye Cocaine Carolina you and I are through I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she knows just what to do She don't love me for my money, she just wants my body, honey Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you? Someone said if I was lucky I could go back to Kentucky Lexington was famous for its bluegrass and its hills Carolina, we should get up Girl, we're gonna have to split up Maybe I should go to California Goodbye Cocaine Carolina, me and you are through I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she sure knows just what to do She don't love me for my money, she just wants my body, honey Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you? Goodbye Cocaine Carolina, me and you are through I'm going back to Sandy Scag, she knows just what to do She don't love me for my money, she just wants my body, honey Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you?