Paul McCartney - Movement Vi - Work Lyrics
(mary dees office)Womens chorus (office staff)Working women at the top,Will it ever stop?Papers piling up and up.Days go by like monday, tuesday:Work until we drop!All the time looking great,Running late,In a state, losing weight,Running late againAnd again.Mary deeLet me have the letter that you typed up yesterday.Did mr. fisher send the fax to la?Make sure the flowers dont arrive too lateAnd cancel my appointment at the squash club.Womens chorusWhat club?Mary deeSquash club.Womens chorusWorking women on the go,Will they ever knowWhat it takes to run the show?Days go by like lightning,Will it ever slow?Half the time feeling dead,Over-fed,Aching head,Miss my bed.Over-fed again and again.Mary deeDid they ever pick up the accountants resume?Make sure the car arrives in time for the plane.Get me the details of the takeover bidAnd write another letter to the minister.Womens chorusMinister?Mary deeThe minister of love.Womens chorusLove.(la)Mary deeWheres the time for standing still?Womens chorusHolding hands and walking free.Mary deeWheres the time for you...Mary dee and womens chorusAnd me?Mary deeDid I sign the letter that you typed up yesterday?Is mr. fisher on the flight to la?Hes got the details of the takeover bidAnd Ill be in a meeting with the minister.Womens chorusMinister, minister of love.Love.Mary deeFeeling confusion,Fear of intrusion,Frightened of losing my mind.Dreams of the future,Thoughts of myself left behind.Womens chorusWorking women at the top.Mary deeWill I ever stop?Orders piling up and up.Womens chorusDays go by like thursday, friday.Mary deeAlways on the go.Part of myself lives inside.(shantys office)Mens chorusWhen you ask a working man,does he ever stop?Will he make it to the top?Should he take a break on sunday?Work until he drop.ShantyMy early days in school requiredA lot of concentrationI was finding out.But now in later years I findMy colleagues here are more inclinedTo mess about.My wife at homeWould surely never understandIf I so much as look at someone elseMens chorusIf men had been the faithful sortIt surely would have changed the course of history.Dont ask me who the first man wasThat dared to take a mistress,Its a mystery.Your wife at homeWould surely have to understandIf you were ever seen with someone else.Mr. dingleOh, no she wont!Mens chorusYou wouldnt dare!ShantyOh, yes I would!Mr, dingleOh, no you dont!Mens chorusAll things matrimonialCarry with them certain responsibilities.Shanty and mr. dingle(ah)Carry with them certain responsibilities.Mr. dingleLets find ourselves a little hostelryWhere you can sit and have a drink on me.Well get a chanceTo talk about anyone who bothers us.Theres so much more to life than meets the eye,Its quite enough to make a throat feel dry.So lets repairTo where no-one else would dare to bother us.Lets have a drinkWhile we think what to do.And while we think,Ill accept a little drink from you.If everybody took a serious view of life,We all would feel the same as you.But, as it is,We dont, so it isnt gonna bother us.Lets have a drinkWhile we think what to do.And while we think,Ill accept a little drink from you.Mary deePart of myself grows inside.
