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This backbreakin', boneshakin', bellyachin',
Hardworkin', two more hours to go
Yes, it's keepin' me alive doin' nine to five
And I got nothin' to show
Pretty soon I'll be leavin', with the wages
I'm receiving, but I know it's gonna be alright
Come on, babe, and take me away
We got some money to spend tonight
Pick me up at the station, meet me at the train
Have a meal and a shower and a change of clothes
I can't afford a vacation, but I can take the strain
Long as I can be with you, find a way to burn it as quickly as I earn it
And it's backbreakin', boneshakin', bellyachin',
Hardworkin', two more hours to go
Seven long years for the same corporation and
I ain't got nothin' to show
And tonight when I'm leavin' I'll be just breakin'
Even but i know it's gonna be alright
I shake off my blues when you put on your shoes
We got some money to spend tonight
I don't wanna stand here and sound accusin'
Ev'rybody does their share of losin'
If I'm gonna lose it I might as well be doin' it right
And it's backbreakin', boneshakin', bellyachin',
Hardworkin', two more hours to go
It's keepin' me alive doin' nine to five
And I got nothin' to show
And tonight when I'm leavin' I'll be just breakin'
Even but I know it's gonna be alright
Come on, babe, and take me away
We got some money to spend tonight
Come on, babe, and take me away
Got some money to spend tonight
Hardworkin', two more hours to go
Yes, it's keepin' me alive doin' nine to five
And I got nothin' to show
Pretty soon I'll be leavin', with the wages
I'm receiving, but I know it's gonna be alright
Come on, babe, and take me away
We got some money to spend tonight
Pick me up at the station, meet me at the train
Have a meal and a shower and a change of clothes
I can't afford a vacation, but I can take the strain
Long as I can be with you, find a way to burn it as quickly as I earn it
Hardworkin', two more hours to go
Seven long years for the same corporation and
I ain't got nothin' to show
And tonight when I'm leavin' I'll be just breakin'
Even but i know it's gonna be alright
I shake off my blues when you put on your shoes
We got some money to spend tonight
Ev'rybody does their share of losin'
If I'm gonna lose it I might as well be doin' it right
Hardworkin', two more hours to go
It's keepin' me alive doin' nine to five
And I got nothin' to show
And tonight when I'm leavin' I'll be just breakin'
Even but I know it's gonna be alright
Come on, babe, and take me away
We got some money to spend tonight
Come on, babe, and take me away
Got some money to spend tonight
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This entire album is my favorite of Billy's. I always find myself listening to these songs over and over.
Obviously about the weekend, the time when we can dance, party, and shake off the blues. Nothing particularly pornographic about it. It's the weekly work that is back-breakin', bone-shakin', belly-achin', hard-workin'.
I can't put into words what this song means EXACTLY to me cause it's a bit pornographic.
It's Heartbreakin, Heartshakin', Heartachin'. I can't hide in between other's comments, cause my review is the only at the moment. But Billy's voice in this track is particularly exciting to me, has been meaningful all over my life. The recording of Streetlife Serenader, the whole object, the picture on the cover sitting barefoot with his (strategically broken) pale blue jeans, and that hard voice, offering his money to share and spend the night.... some NYLON CURTAIN'S leit motives are to appear here first. O dear.... when we'll be leavin we'll just be breaking even, but I would have given something to have such a partner to spend -drunk and happy- the night.