Roy Zimmerman - The Lyrics

Working on an MBA
words and music by Roy Zimmerman
© 1993 Watunes
(From "Folk Heroes" [Metaphor] and "The Best of the Foremen"

Workin'!
Workin'!
Workin', workin', workin', workin', workin', workin', workin', workin'
Workin'!

The sun comes up, another day in the mine
You're up at 7:30 and in class by 9
You're pushin' them papers, you're draggin' that pen
You study or you party 'til God only knows when
You go to bed, get up and do it over again
Workin' on an MBA

Work all day, work all night
Work all the next day and that night, too
Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work
Graduate with honors and start makin' the big money

Well, the econ professor is a pompous old ass
And you better be good at puckerin' if you're hopin' to pass
You're takin' them hard knocks, you're payin' them dues
Don't get no Christmas bonus, you don't share no revenues
Oh Lord, here comes another arrogant asshole to schmooze
Workin' on an MBA

Work all day, work all night
Work all the next day and that night, too
Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work
Plunge into an orgy of material acquisition

Oh Lordy, it's a long, hard journey
You're getting' shin splints, tennis elbow and a herniated disc
You may be wheeled to graduation on a gurney
But you'll be proud to say,
"Hey, world..., I'm not an attorney!
I'm an MBA! I'm an MBA! I'm an MB-"

Well, you hang around with a lot of supercilious folks
And you don't know which is staler — is it the donuts or the jokes?
Gotta finish that spreadsheet, gotta click in that clique
You're so uptight, you haven't taken a leak in a week
And the only part of you that gets any sleep is your left butt-cheek
Workin' on an MBA

Work all day, work all night
Work all the next day and that night, too
Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work
Graduate with honors and start makin' the big money
Plunge into an orgy of material acquisition
Ascend the corporate ladder unless you're Hispanic, black or a woman
Workin' on an MBA

The Best of the Foremen
I Been Singin'
Song of Many Deaths
Workin' on an MBA
Building for the Future
A-Whalin
Peace Is Out
Lazin' in the Shade
California Couldn't Pay Our Education
Godzilla Has a Midlife Crisis
Hell Froze Over Today
No Shoes
Do The Clinton
Don't Pity Me
Ain't No Liberal
Michael

Special Bonus Section
Jeeter
Shh...It Happens
My Home Town
The Greatest Los Angeles Disaster of them All
Firing the Surgeon General
The Water is Wide
The Rest of The Foremen
From "What's Left"
San Diego
What Did You Do on Election Day
My School Prayer
Three Strikes and You're Out
Uncle Sam's Lament
Who Needs Art?
Black
Hidden Agenda
Privateers of the Public Airwaves
Dear Parking Offender
Chicago (Love Song to a Democrat)

From Reprise "Folk Heroes"
Ollie, Ollie Off Scott Free
Send 'em Back
Russian Limbaugh
Everyman (for Himself)

From "Sing it Loud!"
Don't Vote
Rosty-Mon
Russian Limbaugh
Most Likely Three Strikes and You're Out

From Metaphor "Folk Heroes"
That Jesse Helms Song
Hard Time To Be A Man
Uncle Sam's Lament
Saddam Shame

Unreleased Gems
W.I.M.P.
Ain't No Left, Left
Family Values
Grandpa, Why?
The Canals of Venezia
Glory-Bound Train

Roy Solo Lyrics