Testo Odd Job Man - Harry Chapin
Testo della canzone Odd Job Man (Harry Chapin), tratta dall'album Legends of the Lost and Found - New Greatest Stories Live
I give part-time help, I'm the odd job man
I can't do what I want, so I do what I can
And I tell you now, so that you will understand
You get just what you pay for from the odd job man
One day this dude drives in the station and I slide out to the pump
And he says "I need some odd jobs done
Can you get off from this dump?"
"Well, I can always use some extra bread" so I nod and take the job
When he says "Clean up before you come, I do not hire slobs"
Now you can see I'm not no fancy pants, but everyone has pride
And especially since this lovely lady's sittin' by his side
Still, something keeps my trap shut and I nod again "alright"
And he gooses his Mercedes and he squeals off in the night
I give part-time help, I'm the odd job man
I can't do what I want, so I do what I can
And I tell you now, so that you will understand
You get just what you pay for from the odd job man
Well, I find his place next morning, it's more a palace than a pad
And it kind of makes my pick-up truck start looking pretty bad
But the same lady swings the door back and before one word is said
She leads me to his trophy room where he sits with his stuffed heads
He's got this list of jobs for me to do while he's out of town
And he says "I'm too damn busy, boy, the way I move around"
Well, I start to figure prices when he says "It's time you learn
When you're dealing with a gentleman, you get just what you earn"
I give part-time help, I'm the odd job man
I can't do what I want, so I do what I can
And I tell you now, so that you will understand
You get just what you pay for from the odd job man
I set to work that weekend and I'm fixing up some stairs
When I feel that someone's watching me and I see she's standing there
And she says "I like to watch you work, you have such supple hands"
She says "Can I help you?" and I say "Maybe you can"
Well, she looks me in the eyes, boys, I admit I looked a little lower
That's when she starts breathing faster and I start working slower
You see, when you have a helper with her attitude and grace
You start putting lots of extra hours working around the place
I give part-time help, I'm the odd job man
I can't do what I want, so I do what I can
Well, a month had too soon come and gone with my odd jobs all done
When who should pull up to the pump but the long lost prodigal son
And he says "Here's a hundred dollars
Boy" and pulls a bill off from his wad
And he starts to hand it over like a gift come straight from God
I say "That's just a buck an hour, sir"
And he says "That's what I pay for jerks"
Now I admit that almost blew my cool, but I staggered back to work
You see, most times when it's said
And done, there's justice to this life
'Cause what that man had done to me, I'd done to his wife
I give part-time help, I'm the odd job man
I can't do what I want, so I do what I can
And I tell you now, so that you will understand
You get just what you pay for from the odd job man
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Writer(s): Harry F. Chapin
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