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Verse 1
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I give
part time help
I'm the odd job man
I can't do what I want
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So I do what I can
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And I'll
Verse 2
tell you now
So that you will understand
You get just what you pay for
Em
From the odd job man
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Verse 3
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One day this dude drives in the station
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And I slide out to the pump
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And he says,
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" 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
Verse 4
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extra bread
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So I nod and take the job
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When he says,
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"Clean up before you come
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I do not hire slobs "
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Now you can see
Verse 5
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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
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something keeps my trap shut
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And I nod again,
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" Alright "
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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
Verse 7
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part time help
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Em
I'm the odd job man
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I can't do what I want
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Em
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So I do what I can
Em
And I'll
Verse 8
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tell you now
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So that you will understand
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You get just what you pay for
Em
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From the odd job man
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Verse 9
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Well, I find his place next morning
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It's more a palace than a pad
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And it kind of makes my pick- up truck
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Start looking pretty bad
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But the same lady swing
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s the door back
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And be fore 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
Verse 11
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He's got this list of jobs for me to do
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While he's out of town
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And he says, "I'm too damn busy boy
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The way I move around"
Verse 12
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Well, I start to figure prices
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when he says
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"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"
Verse 13
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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
Em
And I'll
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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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Verse 15
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B
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I
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B
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set to work that weekend
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And I'm fix in' up some stairs
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When I feel that someone's
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watching me
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And I see she's stand ing there
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And she says, "I like to watch
Verse 16
B
you work
A
Am
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You have such sup ple hands"
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She says, "Can I help you?"
Am
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And I say, "Baby you can"
Verse 17
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Well, she looks me in the eyes, boys
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Em
I admit I looked a little lower
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That's when she starts
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breathing faster
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And I start working slower
Verse 18
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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
Verse 19
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I give part time help
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
Em
An d
Verse 20
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Em
I'll tell you now
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Em
So that you will understand
You get just what you pay for
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From the odd job man
Verse 21
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Well, a month had too
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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,
Verse 22
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"Here's a hundred dollars, boy"
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Pulls the 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
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a
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buck an hour sir"
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He says, "That's what
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I pay for jerks"
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Now I admit that almost blew my cool
F#m
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But I staggered back to work
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You see most times when it's
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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
Verse 25
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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
Verse 26
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you now
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So that you will under stand
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You get just what you pay for
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From the odd job man
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