《Odd Job Man》歌词

[00:00:01] Odd Job Man - Harry Chapin

[00:00:08] I give part time help

[00:00:10] I'm the odd job man

[00:00:12] I can't do what I want

[00:00:14] So I do what I can

[00:00:16] And I'll tell you now

[00:00:18] So that you will understand

[00:00:21] You get just what you pay for from the odd job man

[00:00:35] One day this dude drives in the station

[00:00:37] And I slide out to the pump

[00:00:40] And he says " I need some odd jobs done

[00:00:42] Can you get off from this dump "

[00:00:44] Well I can always use some extra bread

[00:00:46] So I nod and take the job

[00:00:49] When he says " Clean up before you come

[00:00:51] I do not hire slobs "

[00:00:54] Now you can see I'm not no fancy pants

[00:00:56] But everyone has pride

[00:00:58] And especially since this lovely lady's

[00:01:00] Sittin' by his side

[00:01:03] Still something keeps my trap shut

[00:01:05] And I nod again " Alright "

[00:01:08] And he gooses his Mercedes

[00:01:10] And he squeals off in the night

[00:01:14] I give part time help

[00:01:16] I'm the odd job man

[00:01:19] I can't do what I want

[00:01:21] So I do what I can

[00:01:24] And I'll tell you now

[00:01:26] So that you will understand

[00:01:28] You get just what you pay for from the odd job man

[00:01:36] Well I find his place next morning

[00:01:38] It's more a palace than a pad

[00:01:41] And it kind of makes my pick-up truck

[00:01:43] Start looking pretty bad

[00:01:45] But the same lady swings the door back

[00:01:48] And before one word is said

[00:01:50] She leads me to his trophy room

[00:01:52] Where he sits with his stuffed heads

[00:01:55] He's got this list of jobs for me to do

[00:01:58] While he's out of town

[00:01:59] And he says "I'm too damn busy boy

[00:02:03] The way I move around"

[00:02:03] Well I start to figure prices when he says

[00:02:07] "It's time you learned

[00:02:09] When you're dealing with a gentleman

[00:02:11] You get just what you earn"

[00:02:16] I give part time help

[00:02:18] I'm the odd job man

[00:02:21] I can't do what I want

[00:02:23] So I do what I can

[00:02:25] And I'll tell you now

[00:02:27] So that you will understand

[00:02:30] You get just what you pay for from the odd job man

[00:02:55] I set to work that weekend

[00:02:57] And I'm fixin' up some stairs

[00:03:00] When I feel that someone's watching me

[00:03:01] And I see SHE'S standing there

[00:03:04] And she says "I like to watch you work

[00:03:07] You have such supple hands"

[00:03:09] She says "Can I help you " and I say

[00:03:13] "Baby you CAN "

[00:03:15] Well she looks me in the eyes boys

[00:03:17] I admit I looked a little lower

[00:03:19] That's when she starts breathing faster

[00:03:21] And I start working slower

[00:03:23] You see when you have a helper

[00:03:25] With her attitude and grace

[00:03:29] You start puttin' lots of extra hours

[00:03:32] Workin' 'round the place

[00:03:35] I give part time help

[00:03:37] I'm the odd job man

[00:03:39] I can't do what I want

[00:03:42] So I do what I can

[00:03:52] Well a month had too soon come and gone

[00:03:54] With my odd jobs all done

[00:03:57] When who should pull up to the pump

[00:03:58] But the long-lost prodigal son

[00:04:03] And he says "Here's a hundred dollars boy"

[00:04:06] Pulls the bill off from his wad

[00:04:08] And he starts to hand it over

[00:04:10] Like a gift come straight from God

[00:04:13] I say "That's just a buck an hour sir "

[00:04:16] He says "That's what I pay for jerks"

[00:04:20] Now I admit that almost blew my cool

[00:04:21] But I staggered back to work

[00:04:25] You see most times when it's said and done

[00:04:27] There's justice to this life

[00:04:30] 'Cause what that man had done to me

[00:04:32] I'd done to his wife

[00:04:36] I give part time help

[00:04:39] I'm the odd job man

[00:04:43] I can't do what I want

[00:04:45] So I do what I can

[00:04:48] And I'll tell you now

[00:04:51] So that you will understand

[00:04:54] You get just what you pay for from the odd job man