Total Job Lyrics

Total Job lyrics

(i drive a taxi, i paint fingernails,
i am an artist, i sew dresses,
i am
a teacher)

sharp dressed servers where the upscale dine
a safe dial
turned by a glove in the crimes of night
a nurse in an ambulance rides
he
"don't deserve it", the patient is
right

career
serious
there are times when i miss the
appeal

long black cars driven close to the lawn 
straight legged
slacks and the shine of the chauffer's garb
the lawyer with an eliquent
tongue
he sways the verdict, the jury is numb

energy that pulls us
toward it
to feel the total job 
no economic success
to get the total
job