The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Said I work my fingers down to the bone
I put it down from 9 to 5 so you should know
(You wanna know what else?)
And I bust my ass so you can live good, yes I do, girl
Now all I want you to do is what you should, there it is
See there it is (there it is baby)
That ungrateful shit
There you go again, complanin'
And what your aim is, I dont know but I'm
I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note (house note)
What you think, this shit's for nothing? (what you think this is)
You're not workin'
So what more you want?
Listen, I do my best to give you what you need
It seems that
The harder that I work, the less you see
Ooh baby (ooh baby)
Who wouldn't want the life you lead?
Think about it
Living the good life, yeah
Practically scot-free, oh oh oh oh yeah
See there it is (there it is, there it is)
That ungrateful shit (you see what I'm talkin' 'bout)
There you again, bein' worse, um yeah
Like you earned somethin' round here
But let's be clear, I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note
What you think, this shit's for nothing?
You're not workin'
So what more you want?
You got two seconds, pack your shit and get on outta here
Gotta go, gotta go baby
You don't appreciate what a man like me is about
No you don't
And you know I'm workin' 9 to 5
Workin' hard everyday baby (listen)
Even put my name (put my name)
Even served my day (served my day)
Down for some overtime, yeah
See there you go (there you go, there you go)
Tryin' to run the show, oh, you don't pay my car note
Pay my light bill, pay my house note
(No no no no) I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note
What you think, this shit's for nothing?
You're not workin', so what more you want?
I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note
What you think, this shit's for nothing?
You're not workin', so what more you want?
I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note
What you think, this shit's for nothing?
You're not workin', so what more you want?
I put it down from 9 to 5 so you should know
(You wanna know what else?)
And I bust my ass so you can live good, yes I do, girl
Now all I want you to do is what you should, there it is
See there it is (there it is baby)
That ungrateful shit
There you go again, complanin'
And what your aim is, I dont know but I'm
I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note (house note)
What you think, this shit's for nothing? (what you think this is)
You're not workin'
So what more you want?
Listen, I do my best to give you what you need
It seems that
The harder that I work, the less you see
Ooh baby (ooh baby)
Who wouldn't want the life you lead?
Think about it
Living the good life, yeah
Practically scot-free, oh oh oh oh yeah
See there it is (there it is, there it is)
That ungrateful shit (you see what I'm talkin' 'bout)
There you again, bein' worse, um yeah
Like you earned somethin' round here
But let's be clear, I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note
What you think, this shit's for nothing?
You're not workin'
So what more you want?
You got two seconds, pack your shit and get on outta here
Gotta go, gotta go baby
You don't appreciate what a man like me is about
No you don't
And you know I'm workin' 9 to 5
Workin' hard everyday baby (listen)
Even put my name (put my name)
Even served my day (served my day)
Down for some overtime, yeah
See there you go (there you go, there you go)
Tryin' to run the show, oh, you don't pay my car note
Pay my light bill, pay my house note
(No no no no) I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note
What you think, this shit's for nothing?
You're not workin', so what more you want?
I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note
What you think, this shit's for nothing?
You're not workin', so what more you want?
I'm not doing this shit for nothing
I pay the car note, light bill, house note
What you think, this shit's for nothing?
You're not workin', so what more you want?
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