I Wanna Be A Boss

Stan Ridgway

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    I been doodlin' on this notepad
    And I been takin' telephone calls
    I can tell this job's at the end of the line
    And I'm ready for the fall
    But I been watchin' the boss carefully
    and he always seems to be havin' a ball
    And then I scratch my head and wonder
    Why I'm down here and he's up the hall...

    All of my paychecks aren't worth
    The paper they're printed on
    I get 'em Friday
    And Monday they're all gone
    There must be some way
    To change my situation
    It's time that I took up
    A brand new vocation

    I wanna take a two week vacation
    26 times a year (add 'em up)
    When I go to exotic places
    My jet will be a Leer
    I'll need several secretaries
    Just to jot down notes
    I'll wear Gucci loafers
    And expensive shirts
    And blue executive, exotic coats

    I, I said I wanna be a boss

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    Well I''ll drive in fancy cars
    No, well maybe I'll just cruise
    With a limo and a chaufer
    TV, telephone and booze
    Tinted windows so the common folk
    Can't see me here inside
    Maybe every now and then for fun
    I'll give some old coot a ride

    Then maybe I'll slip 'em
    A thousand dollar bill
    The he'll smile and shake my hand
    And I'll put him in my will
    I'm gonna count up all my widgets
    And digits and all my stuff
    I'll make millions in a day
    But it'll never be enough
    Nope...not enough

    'Cause I, I said I wanna be a boss

    Now if I find a product I like
    I'll buy up the whole company
    Then I'll shave my face and grin
    And smile and sell it on TV
    And everyone will know me
    I'll be more famous that Howard Hughes
    I'll grow a long beard
    And watch "Ice Station Zebra" in the nude

    And grow my nails like Fu Man Chu
    And keep a row of specimen jars
    Get other people to work for me
    Well no...maybe I'll buy
    The planet Mars
    And build an amusement park up there
    Better than old Walt's place
    You'll have to be a millionaire to go
    And we'll smoke cigars
    And lounge in lace
    And talk the talk of businessmen
    And bosses that we are
    So here's to me
    The drinks are free
    'Cause I just bought this bar...

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    Composition: Ridgway Stan

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