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Save the Overtime (For Me) Lyrics
Darling, don't stay too long
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Darling, don't stay away too long
Pretty baby
Save the overtime for me
I walk around
Tryin' to find something to do
Baby, until your return
Turn on T.V.
Or play some solitaire
It does the job for a while
(For a while)
But nothing takes the place of you
(Nothing takes the place of you)
Just ain't no substitute
(Ain't no substitute)
'Cause you're all that I want in me
Only you can set me free
Darling, don't stay too long
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Darling, don't stay away too long
Pretty baby
Save the overtime for me
My love starts to come down hard on me
And I just can't find no relief, no
Only until I see your face again
I'm gonna be in such misery
Runnin' to the door
Peepin' out the window
Hopin' to see only you
Listen for the phone
(Checkin' out the tick tock)
Countin' if it's a certain time
Hear me now
5-4-3-2-1
Darling, don't stay too long
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Darling, baby, don't stay away too long
Pretty baby
Save the overtime for me
For me
Baby, baby
Save the overtime
Save the overtime
I know you have your eight hours to do
But it just don't feel good without ya
Oh, how I'm missing you
Oh, feelin' blue
I know it's crazy
But I, I walk around
Tryin' to find something else to do
Pretty baby, until your return
Turnin' on the T.V.
Or play some solitaire
Does the job for a while
(For a while)
Find yourself runnin' to the door
Peepin' out the window
Hopin' to see only you
Listen for the phone
Checkin' out the clock
(Checkin' out the tick tock)
Countin' if it's a certain time
Hear me now
5-4-3-2-1
Darling, don't stay too long
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Darling, don't stay away too long
Pretty baby
Save the overtime for me
Darling, don't stay too long
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Darling, don't stay away too long
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Pretty baby
Save the overtime for me
Tryin' to find something to do
Baby, until your return
Turn on T.V.
Or play some solitaire
It does the job for a while
(For a while)
(Nothing takes the place of you)
Just ain't no substitute
(Ain't no substitute)
'Cause you're all that I want in me
Only you can set me free
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Pretty baby
Save the overtime for me
And I just can't find no relief, no
Only until I see your face again
I'm gonna be in such misery
Peepin' out the window
Hopin' to see only you
(Checkin' out the tick tock)
Countin' if it's a certain time
Hear me now
5-4-3-2-1
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Pretty baby
Save the overtime for me
For me
Save the overtime
Save the overtime
But it just don't feel good without ya
Oh, feelin' blue
But I, I walk around
Tryin' to find something else to do
Pretty baby, until your return
Or play some solitaire
Does the job for a while
(For a while)
Peepin' out the window
Hopin' to see only you
Checkin' out the clock
(Checkin' out the tick tock)
Countin' if it's a certain time
Hear me now
5-4-3-2-1
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Pretty baby
Save the overtime for me
Pretty baby
I know you're working hard for me
Song Info
Submitted by
mellow_harsher On Jan 31, 2017
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The producers of this song perpetrated a lyrical fraud! I think the original lyrics are “Donna,” not “Darling,” and is sung from a man’s point of view regarding his “pretty baby” working overtime on her job instead of loving him at home.
They wanted the song to be gender neutral but they thought, as I do, that Donna sounds better than darling on the recording (who’d really notice?), so they sang “Donna” while making “darling” the official lyric. Of course they overlooked that the ensuing lyrical description, “pretty baby,” makes it gender specific for a woman named Donna.
Just my two cents. 😉