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Reba Mcentire
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I'd like to tell you all just a little bit about my background. I grew up
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in the Southeastern part of Oklahoma. In a little, bitty town called
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Chockie. It was little, it only had 18 people it. That's 18 people, not
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1,800. We're talkin' small. In that town in Southeastern Oklahoma, we had
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a lot of fun growin' up, us kids. There was 3 things that my mama and
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daddy always taught us. Number one, they taught us to work hard. Number
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two, they told us, if you ever start a job - you finish it. And number
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three, they said once you start that job you give it 110% of everything
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you have. And we did. Not only is my daddy a hard workin' man, but my mama
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is a hard workin' woman. And that's what she instilled in us three girls,
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was to be hard workin' women. Now that's not to say we didn't have a lot
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of fun, 'cause we did. Why, I can remember gettin' in that closet. Puttin'
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on them high-heeled shoe
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And I wanna dedicate it to all the hard-workin' women with us tonight!
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Tumble outta bed and I stumble to the kitchen
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Pour myself a cup of ambition
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And yawn and stretch and try to come to life
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I jump in the shower and the blood starts pumpin'
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Out on the street the traffic starts jumpin'
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For folks like me on the job from 9 to 5
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Workin' 9 to 5
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What a way to make a livin'
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Barely gettin' by
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It's all takin' and no givin'
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They just use your mind
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And they never give you credit
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It's enough to drive you
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Crazy if you let it
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9 to 5 for service and devotion
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You would think that I
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Would deserve a fair promotion
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Want to move ahead
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But the boss won't seem to let me
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I swear sometimes that man is
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Out to get me
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Well, they let you dream just to watch 'em shatter
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You're just a step on the boss man's ladder
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But you've got dreams he'll never take away
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Well you're in the same boat with a lot of your friends
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Waitin' for the day, the ship to come in
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And the tide's gonna turn and it's all gonna roll your way
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Workin' 9 to 5
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What a way to make a livin'
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Barely gettin' by
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It's all takin' and no givin'
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They just use your mind
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And they never give you credit
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It's enough to drive you
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Crazy if you let it
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9 to 5 for service and devotion
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You would think that I
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Would deserve a fair promotion
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Want to move ahead
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But the boss won't seem to let me
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I swear sometimes that man is
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Out to get me
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9 to 5, they got you where they want you
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There's a better life
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And you think about it don't ya
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It's a rich man's game
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No matter what they call it
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And you'll spend your life
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Puttin' money in his wallet
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(sung by background singers)
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Workin' 9 to 5
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What a way to make a livin'
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Barely gettin' by
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It's all takin' and no givin'
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They just use your mind
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And they never give you credit
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It's enough to drive you
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Crazy if you let it
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9 to 5 for service and devotion
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You would think that I
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Would deserve a fair promotion
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Want to move ahead
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But the boss won't seem to let me
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I swear sometimes that man is
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Out to get me
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