Odd Job Man
Исполнитель: Harry Chapin
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<br>Chorus:<br>I give part time help<br>I`m the odd job man<br>I can`t do what I want<br>So I do what I can<br>And I`ll tell you now<br>So that you will understand<br>You get just what you pay for from the odd job man<br><br>One day this dude drives in the station<br>And I slide out to the pump<br>And he says, " I need some odd jobs done<br>Can you get off from this dump? "<br>Well I can always use some extra bread<br>So I nod and take the job<br>When he says " Clean up before you come<br>I do not hire slobs "<br>Now you can see I`m not no fancy pants<br>But everyone has pride<br>And especially since this lovely lady`s<br>Sittin` by his side<br>Still something keeps my trap shut<br>And I nod again " Alright "<br>And he gooses his Mercedes<br>And he squeals off in the night<br><br>Chorus <br><br>Well I find his place next morning<br>It`s more a palace than a pad<br>And it kind of makes my pick-up truck<br>Start looking pretty bad<br>But the same lady swings the door back<br>And before one word is said<br>She leads me to his trophy room<br>Where he sits with his stuffed heads<br>He`s got this list of jobs for me to do<br>While he`s out of town<br>And he says "I`m too damn busy boy<br>The way I move around"<br>Well I start to figure prices when he says<br>"It`s time you learned,<br>When you`re dealing with a gentleman<br>You get just what you earn"<br><br>Chorus<br><br>I set to work that weekend<br>And I`m fixin` up some stairs<br>When I feel that someone`s watching me<br>And I see SHE`S standing there<br>And she says "I like to watch you work<br>You have such supple hands"<br>She says "Can I help you?" and I say<br>"Baby you CAN !! "<br>Well she looks me in the eyes boys<br>I admit I looked a little lower<br>That`s when she starts breathing faster<br>And I start working slower<br>You see when you have a helper<br>With her attitude and grace<br>You start puttin` lots of extra hours<br>Workin` `round the place<br><br>Chorus<br><br>Well a month had too soon come and gone<br>With my odd jobs all done<br>When who should pull up to the pump<br>But the long-lost prodigal son<br>And he says "Here`s a hundred dollars boy"<br>Pulls the bill off from his wad<br>And he starts to hand it over<br>Like a gift come straight from God!<br>I say "That`s just a buck an hour sir !"<br>He says "That`s what I pay for jerks"<br>Now I admit that almost blew my cool<br>But I staggered back to work<br>You see most times when it`s said and done<br>There`s justice to this life<br>`Cause what that man had done to me<br>I`d done to his wife! <br><br>Chorus