Elvis Costello Welcome To The Working Week Lyrics

Welcome To The Working Week Lyrics

Now that your picture`s in the paper being rhythmically admired
and you can have anyone that you have ever desired,
all you gotta tell me now is why, why, why, why.

Welcome to the workin` week.
Oh I know it don`t thrill you, I hope it don`t kill you.
Welcome to the workin` week.
You gotta do it till you`re through it so you better get to it.

All of your family had to kill to survive,
and they`re still waitin` for their big day to arrive.
But if they knew how I felt they`d bury me alive.

Welcome to the workin` week.
Oh I know it don`t thrill you, I hope it don`t kill you.
Welcome to the workin` week.
You gotta do it till you`re through it so you better get to it.

I hear you sayin`, "Hey, the city`s alright,
when you only read about it in books.
Spend all your money gettin` so convinced
that you never even bother to look.
Sometimes I wonder if we`re livin` in the same land,
Why d`you wanna be my friend when I feel like a juggler
running out of hands?

Welcome to the workin` week, oh, welcome to the working week.