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Artist: Neil Young
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Get a Job
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Get a Job
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Yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip, bmm
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na
Ahh, yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip
Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum-mum, get a job
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na
Well every morning about this time
(Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na)
She gets me out of bed, a-crying get a job
(Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na)
After breakfast everyday she throws the want
ads right my way
And never fails to say - get a job
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na
Ahh, yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip
Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum-mum, get a job
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na
Lord, and when I get the paper I read it
through and through
I, my girl never fail to see if there is any
work for me...
I got to go back to the house, hear that
woman's mouth
Preachin' and a cryin', tell me that I'm lyin'
about a job
That I never could find
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na
Ahh, yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip
Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum-mum, get a job
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na
Lord, and when I get the paper I read it
through and throu-ough
I, my girl never fail to see if there is any
work for me...
I better go back to the house, hear that
woman's mouth
Preachin' and a cryin', tell me that I'm lyin'
about a job
That I never could find
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh do
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