Abner Jay I Wanna Job
[Spoken]
Terrible things are always makin' headlines. Every time you turn your television on the news, you'll see something that happened that is terrible. Maybe you all never seen me on television. It's possible, because I've never been on television. You got to be terrible to get on television! Listen, I don't have to do this for a livin'. Next week I'm thinkin' 'bout goin' back to my old job. I was a lifeguard at a minute carwash. I'd just come back from twelve weeks on Broadway, lookin' for work
[Sung]
I wanna job
I just wanna work
I don't wanna play with you
No, no, I just wanna work with you
I don't wanna socialize
I don't wanna apologize
I have ten lovely kids
And a most beautiful wife
[Spoken]
You know, during the thirties and forties when wages were low, I worked twelve hours a day, sometimes even more. Now them unions got organized and the pay is good! I can't get no job now, because they say I'm no damn good! Then, too, they say you got to be a relative to join the union. Now how in the hell can I be a relative? But when they was payin' 30 cents an hour I worked as a plumber, pipe fitter, rigger, meld maker, tool and dye maker, carpenter and sealant finisher, technician, electrician, wallboard hanger, and painter! Now they payin' for three to six dollars an hour. Every time I apply for a job, hmph, tell me to come back tomorrow. When some of my other brotherlings can't even read nor write, but they all got jobs! Some of 'im even workin' day and night. Holdin' down two jobs when I can't even get one! Biggest joke I ever heard, this thing they call civil rights. Listen, man, I don't wanna fuss nor fight, I'm not that type. All I want is a job, I'll work day or night. I don't wanna play with you, I just wanna work with you
[Sung]
Well, I'm six feet tall
Two hundred and twenty pounds
Small in the shoulders, wide in the hips
I got big strong muscles
Big thick lips
Get my message!
Get it straight!
All I want's a job and I ain't gon' wait!
I wanna job
I just wanna work
I don't wanna play with you
No, no, I just wanna work with you
I don't wanna socialize
I don't wanna apologize
I have ten lovely kids
And a most beautiful wife
[Spoken]
Listen, man! All I want, Lord knows, all I want is a J-O-B. A doggone, good cottonpickin' job, sittin' down drinkin' booze. Hahaha!