Seven years of hardluck are comin down on me From the Florida border yeah up to Nashville Tennessee I worked in every joint you could name mister every honkytonk along come mister yankee slicker and said "maybe you what i want
Want you to sign your contract want you to sign today Gonna give you lots of money workin for MCA
9000 dollars just sow to the wind Still we smiled at the yankee slicker with a big ole southern grin They gonna take me out to california gonna make me a superstar Just pay me all my money and maybe you won't get a star
Want you to sign your contract Want you to sign today Gonna give you lots of money Workin for MCA slickers steal my money since i was seventeen If it aint no pencil pusher than it's got to be a honkytonk queen Yeah I'll sign my contract baybe but i want you people know Every penny that i make I wanna see where my money goes