You get up every morning from your alarm clock's warning,
take the 8:15 into the city.
There's a whistle up above,
people pushin', people shovin',
and the girls who try to look pretty.
And if your train's on time, you can get to work by nine,
and start your slaving job to get your pay.
If you ever get annoyed,
look at me, I'm self-employed.
I love to work at nothing all day.
And I'll be takin' care of business, every day.
Takin' care of business, every way.

I've been takin' care of business, it's all mine.
Takin' care of business

and working overtime.
Work out!

If it were easy as fishin',
you could be a musician
if you could make sounds loud or mellow.
Get a secondhand guitar,
chances are you'll go far
if you get in with the right bunch of fellows.
People see you having fun,
just a-lying in the sun.
You tell them that you like it this way.
It's the work that we avoid,
and we're all self-employed.
We love to work at nothing all day.
And we be takin' care of business, every day.
Takin' care of business, every way.

We be takin' care of business, it's all mine.
Takin' care of business and working overtime.
Whoo!
All right!
Take good care of my business
when I'm away, every day.
Whoo!

You get up every morning from your alarm clock's warning,
take the 8:15 into the city.
There's a whistle up above,
people pushin', people shovin',
and the girls who try to look pretty.
And if your train's on time, you can get to work by nine,
and start your slaving job to get your pay.
If you ever get annoyed,
look at me, I'm self-employed.
I love to work at nothing all day.
And I'll be takin' care of business, every day.
Takin' care of business, every way.

I've been takin' care of business, it's all mine.
Takin' care of business

and working overtime.
Work out!

Takin' care of business...
Takin' care of business...
Takin' care of business...
Takin' care of business...
Takin' care of business, every day.
Takin' care of business, every way.
Takin' care of business, it's all mine.
Takin' care of business
and working overtime.
Takin' care of business...

Takin' care of business...
We be takin' care of business...

We be takin' care of business...