Tumble Out of Bed and Stumble to the Kitchen;Pour Myself a Cup of
Ambition,And Yawn, and Stretch, and Try to Come to Life.Jump in
the Shower, and the Blood Starts Pumping;Out On the Street, the
Traffic Starts Jumping,With Folks Like Me On the Job From Nine
to Five.Chorus: 1,3,5.Nine to Five, What a Way to Make a
Living;Barely Getting By,it's All Taking and no Giving.They
Just Use Your Mind, and (Depending On Verse) "They Never Give
You" Or"You Never Get The" Credit; It's Enough to Drive You
Crazy, If You Let It.Verse 2They Let You Dream Just to Watch Them
Shatter;You're Just a Step On the Boss Man's Ladder,But
You've Got Dreams He'll Never Take Away.In the Same
Boat With a Lot of Your Friends;Waitin' For the Day Your
Ship'll Come In,And the Tide's Gonna Turn, and
It's All Gonna Roll Your Way.Chorus: 2Nine to Five, For
Service and Devotion;You Would Think That I Would Deserve a Fair
Promotion;Want to Move Ahead, But the Boss Won't Seem to Let
Me.I Swear Some-times, That Man Is Out to Get Me.Chorus: 4,6.Nine
to Five, They've Got You Where They Want You;There's a
Better Life, and You Dream About It, Don't You?It's a
Rich Man's Game, no Matter What They Call It;And You Spend
Your Life Putting Money in His Pocket.