[Intro]
Altogether, I believe the old stuff is the best
That's what I believe about it
And everybody know
Just a little bit of this, talkin’

[Verse 1]
You try to tell me in the morning
'Bout the break of day
If you don't go to work
How you gon’ get your pay?
I leave soon in the morning
With my mule and plow
On a saddle I'll come home
And I try to satisfy everybody
They got the word to draw the pay
You know they done stop payin' you on a Friday
On a Saturday
And on a Sunday, you don't draw your pay

[Verse 2]
You know you get up in the, in the morning
And don't feel so well
But still, you still gon' be called out by that big bell
I was layin' in my bed
When I heard the big bell ring
I couldn't do nothin’ but have the blues and get up
And I began to sing
I gotta go to work this morning
I gotta work, yes, I’ll leave
For the thing I'm gon’ do next
I guess I'll just have to wait and see
[Verse 3]
Now you know when you get out of a job
And nothin' to do
All your friends, they're bygone
Turn their back on you
But you let them tell it
You’re the best in the world
But they gonna call you "coon", "possum"
Or "old shaggy tailed squirrel"
Or something like that, you know
That's when you outta job

[Outro]
And that happens all the time
Everytime you get out a job, that's it