PING: new york travelURL: http://h1.ripway.com/toursinfo/new-york-travel.htmlIP: 202.129.16.14BLOG NAME: CattyDATE: 12/23/2005 08:49:22 PMJim Croce on Economic …

Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues
music & lyrics by Jim Croce (1973)

Well, I had just got out from the county prison,
Doin’ ninety days for non-support.
Tried to find me an executive position,
But no matter how smooth I talked,
They wouldn’t listen to the fact that I was a genius;
The man say, “We got all that we can use.”
Now I got them steadily depressin’, low down mind messin’
Working at the car wash blues.

Well, I should be sittin’ in a air-conditioned office in a swivel chair,
Talkin’ some trash to the secretaries,
Sayin’, “Here, now mama, come on over here.”
Instead, I’m rubbin’ these fenders with a rag,
And walkin’ home in soggy old shoes
With them steadily depressin’, low down mind messin’
Workin’ at the car wash blues

You know a man of my ability,
He should be smokin’ on a big cigar.
But till I get myself straight, I guess I’ll just have to wait
In my rubber suit a-rubbin’ these cars.

Well, all I can do is a shake my head.
You might not believe that it’s true.
For workin’ at this indoor Niagara Falls
Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes.
So baby, don’t expect to see me
With no double martini in any high-brow society news,
Cause I got them steadily depressin’, low down mind messin’
Workin’ at the car wash blues.