Stan Ridgway - I wanna be a boss lyrics

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Well, I've been doodling on this notepad

And I been taking telephone calls

I can tell this job's at the end of the line

And I'm ready for the fall

But I been watchin' the boss carefully

And he always seems to be havin' a ball

And then I scratch my head and wonder

Why I'm down here and he's up the hall

Now, all of my paychecks aren't worth

The paper they're printed on

I get 'em Friday

But Monday they're all gone

There must be some way to change my situation

It's time that I took up a brand new vocation

I wanna take a two-week vacation

Twenty-six times a year, add 'em up

When I fly to exotic places

My jet will be a Lear

I'll need several secretaries

Just to jot down notes

I'll wear Gucci loafers

And expensive shirts

And blue, executive, exotic coats

Chorus:

'Cause I, I said I wanna be a boss

(I wanna be, I wanna be)

I, I said I wanna be a boss

And I'll have people workin' under me

And this lousy job I'll toss

I, I said I wanna be a boss

Well, I'll drive in fancy cars

Well, no, maybe I'll just cruise

With a limo––and a chauffeur,

TV, telephone, and booze

Tinted windows so the common folk

Can't see me here inside

Maybe every now and then for fun

I'll give some old coot a ride

Then maybe I'll slip him

A thousand dollar bill

Then he'll smile and shake my hand

And I'll put him in my will

I'm gonna count up all my widgets

And digits, and all my stuff

I'll make millions in a day

But it'll never be enough

Nope––not enough!

Chorus:

'Cause I, I said I wanna be a boss

And I just wanna take a four-hour lunch

And eat a steak with A1 Sauce

I, I said I wanna be a boss

And I'll buy up every stock there is

From ITT to Doctor Ross

I, I said I wanna be a boss

(I wanna be, I wanna be)

Now if I find a product I like

I'll buy up the whole company

Shave my face, and grin and smile

And then I'll sell it on TV

And everyone will know me

I'll be more famous than Howard Hughes

I'll grow a long beard and watch

Ice Station Zebra in the nude

And grow my nails like Fu-Manchu

Keep a row of specimen jars

Get other people to work for me––well

Maybe I'll buy the planet Mars, and

Build an amusement park up there

Better than old Walt's place

You'll have to be a millionaire to go

We'll smoke cigars and lounge in lace

Talk the talk of businessmen

And bosses that we are

So here's to me––the drinks are free––

'Cause I just bought this bar

Yeah––yeah, I wanna be a boss

I wanna be a boss, boss, boss!

Some kinda intergalactic boss!