Story Behind The Song

For the third or fourth time in my life, I had just quit my latest day job to do music full time.

Song Description

Caught in the cubical rat maze, one man rejects everything that working for a corporation has to offer. He wants to do something that's satisfying.

Lyrics

(I can?t work no) 9 ? to ? 5 job 2000

Working all day just to pay my bills
Too tired and broke for any other thrills
Working in an office and wearing a tie
That daily commute could make a grown man cry

Dressing like a clown
and feeling like a slob
I can?t work no nine-to-five job

When I get to work I start watchin? the clock
When I get done, all I want to do is rock
Tryin? to make plans with a friend or two
Boss says, ?Hey buddy, get back to your cube.?

Dressing like a clown/Workin' like a dog
and feeling like a slob/and feeling like a jerk
I can?t work no nine-to-five job/I ain't cut out for this kind of work

Well, I need a place where I use my hands,
maybe I could sing for a rockin? little band
Something?s gotta go, I mean, something?s gotta give
?cause it ain?t no way for this man to live
I mean it?s OK for Willie and it?s ok for Bob,
But I can?t work no nine-to-five job

When I get to work I start watchin the clock
When I get done, I?m too tired to rock
Working in an office, and wearing a tie
That daily commute make a grown man cry

And getting your check is like getting robbed.
So I can?t work no nine-to-five job

Well, I need a place where I use my hands,
maybe I could sing for a rockin? little band
Something?s gotta go, I mean, something?s gotta give
?cause it ain?t no way for this man to live
I mean it?s OK for Willie and it?s ok for Bob,
Dressing like a clown/feeling like a jerk and feeling like a slob
And getting your check is like getting? robbed
But I just can?t work no nine-to-five job