Movement Vi - Work lyrics
Song information
Artist: Paul Mccartney
Album: Liverpool Oratorio
Lyrics
(Mary dee's office)
Women's chorus (office staff)
Working women at the top
Will it ever stop?
Papers piling up and up
Days go by like monday, tuesday:
Work until we drop!
All the time looking great
Running late
In a state, losing weight
Running late again
And again
Mary dee
Let me have the letter that you typed up yesterday
Did mr. fisher send the fax to la?
Make sure the flowers don't arrive too late
And cancel my appointment at the squash club
Women's chorus
What club?
Mary dee
Squash club
Women's chorus
Working women on the go
Will they ever know
What it takes to run the show?
Days go by like lightning
Will it ever slow?
Half the time feeling dead
Over-fed
Aching head
Miss my bed
Over-fed again and again
Mary dee
Did they ever pick up the accountant's resume?
Make sure the car arrives in time for the plane
Get me the details of the takeover bid
And write another letter to the minister
Women's chorus
Minister?
Mary dee
The minister of love
Women's chorus
Love
(La)
Mary dee
Where's the time for standing still?
Women's chorus
Holding hands and walking free
Mary dee
Where's the time for you..
Mary dee and women's chorus
And me?
Mary dee
Did I sign the letter that you typed up yesterday?
Is mr. fisher on the flight to la?
He's got the details of the takeover bid
And I'll be in a meeting with the minister
Women's chorus
Minister, minister of love
Love
Mary dee
Feeling confusion
Fear of intrusion
Frightened of losing my mind
Dreams of the future
Thoughts of myself left behind
Women's chorus
Working women at the top
Mary dee
Will I ever stop?
Orders piling up and up
Women's chorus
Days go by like thursday, friday
Mary dee
Always on the go
Part of myself lives inside
(Shanty's office)
Men's chorus
When you ask a working man
'Does he ever stop?'
Will he make it to the top?
Should he take a break on sunday?
Work until he drop
Shanty
My early days in school required
A lot of concentration
I was finding out
But now in later years I find
My colleagues here are more inclined
To mess about
My wife at home
Would surely never understand
If I so much as look at someone else
Men's chorus
If men had been the faithful sort
It surely would have changed the course of history
Don't ask me who the first man was
That dared to take a mistress
It's a mystery
Your wife at home
Would surely have to understand
If you were ever seen with someone else
Mr. dingle
Oh, no she won't!
Men's chorus
You wouldn't dare!
Shanty
Oh, yes I would!
Mr, dingle
Oh, no you don't!
Men's chorus
All things matrimonial
Carry with them certain responsibilities
Shanty and mr. dingle
(Ah)
Carry with them certain responsibilities
Mr. dingle
Let's find ourselves a little hostelry
Where you can sit and have a drink on me
We'll get a chance
To talk about anyone who bothers us
There's so much more to life than meets the eye
It's quite enough to make a throat feel dry
So let's repair
To where no-one else would dare to bother us
Let's have a drink
While we think what to do
And while we think
I'll accept a little drink from you
If everybody took a serious view of life
We all would feel the same as you
But, as it is
We don't, so it isn't gonna bother us
Let's have a drink
While we think what to do
And while we think
I'll accept a little drink from you
Mary dee
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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