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Jimmy Buffett
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By: Mac McAnally
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1970
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For Mac who reminds me of me seven years ago
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In the middle of late last night I was sittin' on a curb
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I didn't know what about, but I was feelin' quite disturbed
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A street sweeper came whistlin' by, he was bouncin' every step
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It seemed strange how good he felt, so I asked him while he swept
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He said, "It's my job to be cleaning up this mess
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And that's enough reason to go for me
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It's my job to be better than the rest
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And that makes a day for me."
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I got an uncle who owns a bank, he's a self-made millionaire
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He never had anyone to love, never had no one to care
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He always seemed kinda sad to me and I asked him why that was
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And he told me it's because in my contract there's this clause
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That says, "It's my job to be worried half to death
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And that's the thing people respect in me
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It's my job but without it I'd be less
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Than what I expect from me."
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Now I've been lazy most all my life writin' songs and sleepin' late
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And any manual labor I've done was purely by mistake
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If street sweepers can smile then I've got no right to feel upset
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But sometimes I still forget
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'Til the lights go on and the stage is set
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And the song hits home and you feel that sweat
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It's my job to be different than the rest
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And that's enough reason to go for me
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It's my job to be better than the rest
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And that's a rough break for me
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Chorus:
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It's my job to be cleaning up this mess
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And that's enough reason to go for me
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It's my job to be better than the rest
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And that makes the day for me
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- Notes:
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Background Vocals: Mac McAnally, J.D. Souther
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