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Take This Job and Shove It
David Allan Coe
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Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
So take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Well, I've been working in this factory
Pretty close to 15 years
I've seen some of my best friend's women
Drownin' in a pool of tears
I've seen a lot of kin folks dyin'
Who had a lot of bills to pay
Lord, I'd give this shirt right off my back
If I had the guts to say
Take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Woman done left and took all the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
So take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
The foreman is a regular SOB
And the line boss, well, he's a fool
He got himself a brand-new flat top haircut
Lord, he really thinks that's cool
And one of these days I'm gonna blow my top
And that sucker, he's gonna pay it
Get ready now, I can't wait to see their faces
When I get the nerve to say, say what?
(Take this job and shove it)
I ain't workin' here no more
My woman done left and took all the reasons
That I was workin' for
You better not try to stand in my way
When I'm walkin' out the door
So take this job and shove it
I ain't workin' here no more
Take this job and shove it
Thank you
Last week
Last week, I had an opportunity to meet a young man
That I wanted to meet for a long time
And I got an opportunity to spend some time with him
He opened up a show for me
And we spent a lot of hours talkin' about his granfather
His name is Hank Williams III
And young man's got a great band and he does a lot of great music
Amd the thing I like about him is is that he plays country music
And he plays punk rock and he plays whatever he feels like playin'
He don't let no one tell him what to do
And he told me, he said, "You know, David Allan"
He said, "I was just a boy, I was driving down the street and I had my radio on
And you came out with that song about my grandaddy"
He said, "I had to pull over to the side of the road and I started cryin'"
And I said, "That's a great compliment, son"
He said, "I think that's the greatest song I've ever heard about my grandfather"
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