I Wanna Be A Boss Lyrics by Stan Ridgway

I Wanna Be A Boss Lyrics

    Well, i've been doodling on this notepad
    And i been taking telephone calls
    I can tell this job's at the end of the line
    And i'm ready for the fall
    But i been watchin' the boss carefully
    And he always seems to be havin' a ball
    And then i scratch my head and wonder
    Why i'm down here and he's up the hall

    Now, all of my paychecks aren't worth
    The paper they're printed on
    I get 'em friday
    But monday they're all gone
    There must be some way to change my situation
    It's time that i took up a brand new vocation


    I wanna take a two-week vacation
    Twenty-six times a year, add 'em up
    When i fly to exotic places
    My jet will be a lear
    I'll need several secretaries
    Just to jot down notes
    I'll wear gucci loafers
    And expensive shirts
    And blue, executive, exotic coats


    Chorus:
    'cause i, i said i wanna be a boss
    (i wanna be, i wanna be)
    I, i said i wanna be a boss
    And i'll have people workin' under me
    And this lousy job i'll toss
    I, i said i wanna be a boss



    Well, i'll drive in fancy cars
    Well, no, maybe i'll just cruise
    With a limo¨c¨cand a chauffeur,
    Tv, telephone, and booze
    Tinted windows so the common folk
    Can't see me here inside
    Maybe every now and then for fun
    I'll give some old coot a ride


    Then maybe i'll slip him
    A thousand dollar bill
    Then he'll smile and shake my hand
    And i'll put him in my will
    I'm gonna count up all my widgets
    And digits, and all my stuff
    I'll make millions in a day
    But it'll never be enough
    Nope¨c¨cnot enough!


    Chorus:
    'cause i, i said i wanna be a boss
    And i just wanna take a four-hour lunch
    And eat a steak with a1 sauce
    I, i said i wanna be a boss
    And i'll buy up every stock there is
    From itt to doctor ross
    I, i said i wanna be a boss
    (i wanna be, i wanna be)



    Now if i find a product i like
    I'll buy up the whole company
    Shave my face, and grin and smile
    And then i'll sell it on tv
    And everyone will know me
    I'll be more famous than howard hughes
    I'll grow a long beard and watch
    Ice station zebra in the nude


    And grow my nails like fu-manchu
    Keep a row of specimen jars
    Get other people to work for me¨c¨cwell
    Maybe i'll buy the planet mars, and
    Build an amusement park up there
    Better than old walt's place
    You'll have to be a millionaire to go
    We'll smoke cigars and lounge in lace
    Talk the talk of businessmen
    And bosses that we are
    So here's to me¨c¨cthe drinks are free¨c¨c
    'cause i just bought this bar


    Yeah¨c¨cyeah, i wanna be a boss
    I wanna be a boss, boss, boss!
    Some kinda intergalactic boss!

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