He got caught in a
pool and with his money down
They came in right on time and
dragged him out downtown
With enough inside him to
make both end drown
Charlie
P.
Hail
Mary's man, I miss my around
Well, she called up the station,
told him to keep him there
Man, he ain't no good to me,
he doesn't care
I got kids around my ankles
and my head's in a net
More bills on the table
than the national debt
But she's been a -workin'
She's been a -workin'
She's been workin' to make
this house her home
Well, his friends think he's
crazy to be stuck at home
With the rats and the laundry
and the telephone
That keeps ringing like a nightmare
he can only moan
There's no chance of paying
back the banker's loan
She looks at the paint
peeling off of the wall
And puts on a vacuum
when the welfare calls
And shouts at the neighbors,
man, the guy's got balls
I can't afford a detergent
to clean my small
But she's been a -workin'
She's been a -workin'
She's been workin'
To make this house a home
Well, everybody talks about
the working man
And how he makes the
money for the bread and
jam
But nobody stops to give
the woman a thought
Plus the food ain't on the table
And the shopping ain't for
shit -a -workin'
Ooh, shit -a -workin'
Oh, yeah
Well, everybody talks about
the workin' man
And how he makes the money
for the bread and jam
But nobody stops to give the
woman a thought
Unless the fuel ain't on the table
The shoppin' ain't done,
she's been workin'
She's been workin'
She's been workin'
To make this house her home
Well, she's been workin'
She's been working,
she's been working to make this house her home.