Charles Bukowski - Looking for a Job lyrics
[Charles Bukowski - Looking for a Job lyrics]
Looking for a Job
It was Philly and the bartender said
"What?" and I said, "Give me a draft Jim
Got to get the nerves straight i'm going
To look for a job"
"You?" he said, "A job?"
"Yeah Jim, I saw something in the paper
No experience necessary"
And he said, "Hell, you don't want a job"
And I said, "Hell no but I need money"
And I finished the beer and I got on
The bus and I watched the numbers
And soon the numbers got closer
And then I was right there
And I pulled the cord and the
Bus stopped and I got off
It was a large building made of tin
The sliding door was stuck in the dirt
I pulled it back and went in
And there wasn't any floor just more ground
Lumpy, wet, and it stank
And there were sounds like
Things being sawed in
Half and things drilled and it was dark
And men walked on girders overhead
And men pushed trucks across the ground
And men sat at machines doing things
And there were shots of lightning and thunder
And suddenly a bucket full of flame
Came swinging at my head
It roared and boiled with flame
It hung from a loose chain
That came right at me
And somebody hollered, "Hey! Look out!"
And I just ducked under the bucket
Feeling the heat go over me
And somebody asked, "What do you want?"
And I said, "Where's the nearest crapper?"
And I was told and I went inside
Then came out and saw silhouettes of
Men moving through flame and sound
I walked to the door, got outside
Took the bus back to town and sat down
And ordered another draft
And Jim asked, "What happened?"
And I said, "They didn't want me Jim"
Then this whore came in and sat
Down and everybody looked at her
She looked fine
I remember for the first time in
My life I almost wished
I had a vagina and clit instead of what I had
But in two or three days I got over that
And I was reading the want ads again
It was Philly and the bartender said
"What?" and I said, "Give me a draft Jim
Got to get the nerves straight i'm going
To look for a job"
"You?" he said, "A job?"
"Yeah Jim, I saw something in the paper
No experience necessary"
And he said, "Hell, you don't want a job"
And I said, "Hell no but I need money"
And I finished the beer and I got on
The bus and I watched the numbers
And soon the numbers got closer
And then I was right there
And I pulled the cord and the
Bus stopped and I got off
It was a large building made of tin
The sliding door was stuck in the dirt
I pulled it back and went in
And there wasn't any floor just more ground
Lumpy, wet, and it stank
And there were sounds like
Things being sawed in
Half and things drilled and it was dark
And men walked on girders overhead
And men pushed trucks across the ground
And men sat at machines doing things
And there were shots of lightning and thunder
And suddenly a bucket full of flame
Came swinging at my head
It roared and boiled with flame
It hung from a loose chain
That came right at me
And somebody hollered, "Hey! Look out!"
And I just ducked under the bucket
Feeling the heat go over me
And somebody asked, "What do you want?"
And I said, "Where's the nearest crapper?"
And I was told and I went inside
Then came out and saw silhouettes of
Men moving through flame and sound
I walked to the door, got outside
Took the bus back to town and sat down
And ordered another draft
And Jim asked, "What happened?"
And I said, "They didn't want me Jim"
Then this whore came in and sat
Down and everybody looked at her
She looked fine
I remember for the first time in
My life I almost wished
I had a vagina and clit instead of what I had
But in two or three days I got over that
And I was reading the want ads again