Lyric It s My Job - Jimmy Buffett

Lyric Song It s My Job: In the middle of late last night I was sittin on a curb
I didn t know what about but I was feeling quite disturbed
A street sweeper came whistlin by
He was bouncin every step
It seemed strange how good he felt
So I asked him while he swept

He said "It s my job to be cleaning up this mess
And that s enough reason to go for me
It s my job to be better than the rest
And that makes the day for me"

Got an uncle who owns a bank he s a self made millionaire
He never had anyone to love never had no one to care
He always to seemed kind of sad to me
So I asked him why that was
And he told me it s because in my contract there s a clause

That says "It s my job to worried half to death
And that s the thing people respect in me
It s a job but without it I d be less
Than what I expect from me"

I ve been lazy most all of my life
Writing songs and sleeping late
Any manual labor I ve done purely by mistake
If street sweepers can smile then
I ve got no right to feel upset
But sometimes I still forget

Till the lights go on and the stage is set
And the song hits home and you feel that sweat

It s my job to be different than the rest
and that s enough reason to go for me
It s my job to be better than the best
and that s a tough break for me
It s my job to be cleaning up this mess
and that s enough reason to go for me
It s my job to be better than the best
and that makes the day for me