I pay my gardener to clean up my garden I pay my doctor to check out da other ting I pay my lawyer to fight for my rights And I pay my bodyguard to guard my body There's only one man I pay But I don't know what I'm paying for I'm talking about the taxman I'm talking about the taxman I'm talking about the taxman
What have you done for me lately Mr Taxman What have you done for me lately Mr Taxman What have you done for me lately Mr Taxman What have you done for me lately Mr Taxman
You take from the rich, take from the poor You even take from me, can't understand it now I pay for the police to, err...I don't know why 'Cause if my dollar was good enough There wouldn't be so much crime in the streets They tell me you're a fat man And you always take and never give