Take This Job - Moonshine Bandits, David Allan Coe

Yeah take this job and shove it

I’m not workin' here no more

Yeah my woman done left and she took all the reasons I was workin' for

And you better not try to stand in my way when I’m a-walkin' out the door

You can take this job and shove it

I’m not workin' here no more

Well I been workin' on the rooftops

For damn near 15 years

And all of this time, I watched my woman drownin' in a port of tears

And I’ve seen a lot of my good friends die

They had a lot of bills to pay

And I’d give the shirt right off of my back, if I had the guts to say

Say what?

Yeah take this job and shove it

I’m not workin' here no more

Yeah my woman done left and she took all the reasons I was workin' for

And you better not try to stand in my way when I’m a-walkin' out the door

You can take this job and shove it

I’m not workin' here no more

I got some greasy, old jeans and some holes in my shirt

Old beat-up bucket that I’m hopin’ll work

I’m just a blue-collared guy, baptized in dirt

And every day I left late an' always showed up first

Got a finger for the foreman, he’s an S.O.B.

And that line boss still bugs the hell out of me

With his brand, new flat top and coffee-stained teeth

Here’s my damn notice, I ain’t givin' two weeks

Nah, ain’t enough money that’ll make me stay

I got 'em talkin' to my back, but I’m still walkin' away

As a matter of fact, I got this one thing to say

You can take, you can shove it, get the hell out the way

Say what?

Yeah take this job and shove it

I’m not workin' here no more

Yeah my woman done left and she took all the reasons I was workin' for

And you better not try to stand in my way when I’m a-walkin' out the door

You can take this job and shove it

I’m not workin' here no more

Yeah one of these days I’m gonna blow my top

And that sucker he’s gonna pay

I can’t wait to see their faces

When I get the nerve to say

Say what?

Now take this job and shove it

I’m not workin' here no more

Yeah my woman done left and she took all the reasons I was workin' for

And you better not try to stand in my way when I’m a-walkin' out the door

You can take this job and shove it

I’m not workin' here no more

Yeah I wish I had a job to shove