[Verse]
Well, I been spending my life lookin' for a shoulder
To rest my head when the nights get colder
But the days are getting longer and I'm getting older
Been a long time working it out

[Chorus]
I've been a long time workin' it out
I've been a long time workin' it out
I've been a long time workin' it out
I've been a long time workin' it out!

[Verse]
Now I got a little woman scrub my floor
Right down the road I got me two or three more
None of 'em knows about the one next door
I've been a long time working that out!

[Chorus]
I've been a long, long, long time workin' it out
I've been a long time workin' it out
I've been a long time workin' it out
I've been a long time workin' it out!

[Verse]
Well, it was late one night when I stole a little money
Bought a couple o' things and then I give them to my honey
The judge said, "boy, if you think that's funny
You got a long time workin' this out!"
[Chorus]
I got a long, long time workin' it out
I got a long time workin' it out
I got a long time workin' it out
I got a long time workin' it out!

[Verse]
Yeah, well I look all around me and what do I see?
The whole wide world got trouble like me
Between the taxes, the missus and the deep blue sea
We'll be a long time working it out

[Chorus]
We'll be a long time working it out
We'll be a long time working it out
We'll be a long, long, long time working it out
We'll be a long time working it out!