You get up every morning From your alarm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty
And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me, I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day
And I've been takin' care of business every day Takin' care of business every way I've been takin' care of business, it's all mine Taking care of business and working overtime Work out
If it were easy as fishin' You could be a musician If you could make sounds loud or mellow Get a second-hand guitar Chances are you'll go far If you get in with the right bunch of fellows
People see you having fun Just a-lying in the sun Tell them that you like it this way It's the work that we avoid And we're all self-employed We love to work at nothing all day
And we be takin' care of business every day Takin' care of business every way We've been takin' care of business, it's all mine Takin' care of business and working overtime
Take good care of my business When I'm away, every day, Whoo
You get up every morning From your alarm clock's warning Take the 8:15 into the city There's a whistle up above And people pushin', people shovin' And the girls who try to look pretty
And if your train's on time You can get to work by nine And start your slaving job to get your pay If you ever get annoyed Look at me I'm self-employed I love to work at nothing all day
And I've been taking care of business every day Takin' care of business every way I've been takin' care of business, it's all mine Takin' care of business and working overtime
Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business workin' overtime