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Dead End Job

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I don't want no dead end job
I don't wanna be no number
I don't want no dead end job
I don't wanna be no number
The queue gets longer everyday
I just ain't got time to stay
I ain't gonna run away
All I want to do is play
Don't wanna be no teacher
I don't wanna be no slave
I don't wanna work no assembly line
A' like my uncle Dave
The queue gets longer everyday
I just ain't got time to stay
I ain't gonna run away
All I wanna do is play
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't wanna be no number
I don't want no dead end job
I don't wanna be no number
The queue gets longer everyday
All I wanna do is play
I just ain't got time to stay
But I ain't gonna run away
Don't wanna be no millionaire
Don't wanna own no mint
I don't wanna be no tax exile
And I don't mind being skint
The queue gets longer everyday
I just ain't got time to stay
I ain't gonna run away
All I want to do is play
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't wanna be no number
I don't want no dead end job
I don't wanna be no number
The queue gets longer everyday
I just ain't got time to stay
I ain't gonna run away
All I want to do is play
Don't wanna be no millionaire
Don't wanna own no mint
I don't wanna be no tax exile
And I don't mind being skint
The queue gets longer everyday
I just ain't got time to stay
All I want to do is play
I ain't gonna run away
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
Stuff your dead end job
Stuff your fucking dead end job
Don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job
I don't want no dead end job

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demau Senae On May 13, 2001

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by mark36

20y ago

"Don't wanna be no millionaire," is kind of like Sting's version of "Hope I Die Before I Get Old." The Police were really just getting started here, and perhaps it's not fair to hang that over Sting's head, but (and I hate to say it) perhaps this kind of hunger is what's missing from a lot of Sting's solo work. He's become a master song craftsman, but perhaps his songs could benefit from a little less comfort in his life.

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by Seer7 17y ago

Not only a lack of comfort, but a lack of people willing to challenge him I think - what Andy and Stewart used to do back in the day.

Also, there's an irony in here I'd wager most don't know about in this line:

'I don't wanna be no tax exile'

From memory both Andy and Sting went into tax exile in Ireland on advice from their accountant. Stewart didn't have to because he wasn't a British citizen.

Bass line on this track cranks hard, you've gotta admire Sting's skill.

by WhiteWolfDief

16y ago

Very straight-forward and most definitely autobiographical. ; )

"The queue gets longer every day, all I wanna do is play" - I think he's refering to the days when he had to queue up for his jobseeker's allowance and that was the only money he had, but the dream of becoming a professional musician and being able to live from music was always stronger than all the money troubles.

Like he says in "Broken Music", he did not know for certain that he'd become a star one day, it just seemed that no other job than professional musician did work out for him and that's why he carried on working on that dream.

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