It's a hard hard time now: Good man can't get no dough
All I do for my baby: Don't satisfy her no more

I ain't got no job: Now you going to put me down
You going to quit me baby: For a hard‑working clown

Time is so hard now: Maybe things will change some day
And when I get a job: Maybe you will change your way

Don't quit me baby: Because I can't find no work to do
Because all the dirt you done for me: It's coming back
Home to you

I used to be a joker: Now I'm going to make a change
I'm going to get me a job: Keep coal in your cold
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