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I give part time help
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I'm the odd job man
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I can't do what I want
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So I do what I can
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And I'll tell you now
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So that you will understand
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You get just what you pay for
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From the odd job man
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One day this dude drives into the station
G Em
And I slide out to the pump
G Em
And he says I need some odd jobs done
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Can you get off from this dump
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Well I can always use some extra bread
G Em
So I nod and take the job
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When he says clean up before you come
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I do not hire slobs
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Now you can see I'm not no fancy pants
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But everyone has pride
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And especially since this lovely lady's
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Sittin' by his side
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Still somethin' keeps my trap shut
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And I nod again all right
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And he gooses his Mercedes
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And he squeals off in the night
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I give part time help
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I'm the odd job man
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I can't do what I want
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So I do what I can
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And I'll tell you now
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So that you will understand
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You get just what you pay for
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From the odd job man
G Em
Well I find his place next morning
G Em
It's more a palace than a pad
G Em
And it kinda make my pick-up truck
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Start lookin' pretty bad
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But the same lady swings the door back
G Em
And before one word is said
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She leads me to his trophy room
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Where he sits with his stuffed heads
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He's got this list of jobs for me to do
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While he's outta town
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And he says I'm too damn busy boy
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The way I move around
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Well I start to figure prices
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But he says it's time you learned
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When you're dealing with a gentleman
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You get just what you earn
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I give part time help
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I'm the odd job man
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I can't do what I want
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So I do what I can
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And I'll tell you now
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So that you will understand
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You get just what you pay for
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From the odd job man
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I set to work that weekend
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And I'm fixin' up some stairs
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When I feel that some one's watchin' me
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And I see that she's standin' there
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And she says I like to watch you work
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You have such supple hands
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She says can I help you
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And I say maybe you can
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Well she looks me in the eyes boys
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I admit I looked a little lower
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That when she starts breathin' faster
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And I start workin' slower
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You see when you have a helper
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With her attitude and grace
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You start puttin' lots of extra hours
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Workin' 'round the place
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I give part time help
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I'm the odd job man
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And I can't do what I want
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So I do what I can
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Well a month or two soon come and gone
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With my odd jobs all done
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When who should pull up to the pump
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But the long lost prodigal son
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And he says here's a hundred dollars boy
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And pulls a bill off from his wad
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And he starts to hand it over
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Like a gift come straight from God
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I say that's just a buck an hour sir
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He says that's what I pay for jerks
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Now I admit that almost blew my cool
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But I staggered back to work
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You see most times when it's said and done
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There's justice to this life
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'Cause what that man had done to me
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I'd done to his wife
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I give part time help
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I'm the odd job man
E7 A
I can't do what I want
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So I do what I can
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And I'll tell you now
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So that you will understand
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You get just what you pay for
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From the odd job man
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