Maybe you collect or maybe you pay (whether)
Still got to work that eight hour day
Whether you like that job or not
Youd better keep it on ice while youre lining up your long shot

Which is to say, hey hey, keep your day jo
Dont give it away, keep your day job, whatever they say
Keep your day job till your night job pays

Steady boys starting that eight day hour
Never underrate that paycheck power
By now you know that the face on your dollar
Got a thumb on its nose and a hand on your collar
With a chance to say, hey hey, keep your day jo

Daddy may drive a v-8 vette
Mama may bathe in champagne yet
God bless the child thats got his own stash
Nine to five and a place to crash
Which is to say
Sunday comes forget about work, ring that bell for whatever its worth
If you ask me like I know you wont
Ill tell you what to do what I know that you wont