Carly Simon People Say A Lot Lyrics

People Say A Lot Lyrics

People say a lot when they want the job, yeah

Lining up sideways around
the block

"It's not for the money" she say to you

Almost convincing
herself that it's true

"I'll take care of your dog when you're away"

"I don't mind working Saturdays"

"When you wanna work I'll work with
you", she say

"And I'll go on working when you wanna play"

"Nothing
gonna hurt you when I'm around"

"I'll keep my eyes wide open and my nose
to the ground"

"I'll be like a mama with a baby cub"



People
say a lot when they want the job

People say a lot when they want the job,
yeah

People say a lot when they want the job



When you begin
to see a sinister gleam

You're locked in too tight on the same team

There's a little holiday in her heart

When she sees you slip up,
Ahhhhh

It's like Christmas Eve just to see you trip up

Ooops, then
down again

She'll sit on the floor hardly hiding a grin

When her
tears spill out, crocodile chagrin

It's her contempt for you, she thinks
you're a slob



People say a lot when they want the job, yeah

People say a lot when they want the job

People say a lot when they want
the job



Greatest cook to bring a meal (didn't need a recipe)

Said she'll also deal the cards (dealt the knave and two and three)

Said she also feel the thrill of the willow in the wind (feel the thrillo the
willow---- or oak or elm or ash or pine sol)



It's already too late
when she's reading your mail

Calling your agent and making the deal

She'll just copy and paste it and make it last

Nothing is sacred about
your past



She'll tell of the poppies in the July fest

Maybe
her brother with the badge can make the arrest

"You could go to jail,
fail all the tests"

"Forget your keys and your secrets and your little
black box"



People say a lot when they want the job, yeah

People say a lot when they want the job, yeah

People say a lot when
they want the job



She was awfully good at fire (fiery fiery hussy
burn)

She burned bridges where she could (she really couldn't burn them
very well)

She turned young men into torches (burning scarecrow)

She had a way with wood (do away with wood, do away with wood)



People say a lot when they want the job

Lining up eager around the
block

Promising, promising never to quit

Well it's a full time job
to be a hypocrite

Maybe they remember that they've done it before

Practicing, with their dolls on the floor

The lie itself becoming the
seed

The messy mascara, the future deed

The actor's bow, the
junkie's need

They line up again just to wipe you clean



They
line up again just to wipe you out

Line up again around the block

A
mighty force of youth for hire

Spouting ideas that geniuses would rob
ohhhhh



People say a lot when they want the job, oh

People
say a lot when they want the job, ah

People say a lot when they want the
job. yeah

People say a lot when they want the job

People say a lot
when they want the job

People say a lot when they want the job



"Tell me Phoebe, do you want someday to have an award like that of your
own?"



"More than anything else in the world"



"Then
you must ask Miss Harrington how to get one

…Miss Harrington knows all
about it"