Ben Carroll: Listen To Music
3. Find A Job
(Real Thing, 2007)
My father said
You can take a job in the ground
Or in a checkout line uptown
You can take a job in China
But if you fall in love you better write her
You can work in the life of the mind
Or professionally being kind
You can take a job with me
But can't nobody make you see that
Son if you want worth in the world
You better find a job
You work it every day
And though your life is hard
You thank your lucky star
For your job
Work is more than gold
Your body's not bought and sold
When you work the sun starts risin
And your mind stops advertisin
It's all borrowed time
You got your own long ladder to climb
You can take a job with me
But can't nobody set you free
Man's got to swing a hammer
To match his heart
Man holds a banner
Sets his mind apart
A man is sometimes crying
Cause his love moves
Man's got to be trying
And by so giving proves that
Son if you want worth in the world
You better find a job
You work it every day
And though your life is hard
You thank your lucky star
For your job
You thank your lucky star
For your job