You Got to Work to Get Your Pay Songtext
von Lightnin’ Hopkins

Altogether, I believe the old stuff is the best
That′s what I believe about it
Never I know
Just as a little bit of this talkin'

You try to tell me in the mornin′
'Bout the break of day
If you don't go to work
How you gon′ get your pay?
I leave soon in the mornin′
With my mule and plow
On a Saturday I come home
And I try to satisfy
Everybody
They got to work to draw the pay
You know they done stop payin' you on a Friday, on a Saturday
And on a Sunday, you don′t draw your pay


You know you get up in the, in the mornin' and don′t feel so well
But still you gon' be called out by that big bell
I was layin′ in my bed
When I heard the big bell ring
I couldn't do nothin' but have the
Blues and get up and I begin to sing
I gotta go to work this mornin′
I gotta work, yes I leave
For the things that I′m gon' do next
I guess I′ll just have to wait and see

Now you know when you get out of a job
Ain't nothin′ to do
All your friends nearby gon' turn their back on you
But you let ′em tell it
You the best in the world
But they gon' call you a coon, possum, or old shaggy-
Tail squirrel or somethin' like that, you know
That′s when you′re out of a job

And that happens all the time
Every time you get out of a job, that's it