Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Part Time Man lyrics

It was in the evening
Paper under General Vacancy
"Part time man required in a local factory"
I put my Sunday suit on and I
Gave my old boots a brush
I got on my old two wheeler
As I was in a rush

"Wait over there in the queue
Come here when I call your name"
There's about ten or twenty part time men
They all look just the same
"Alfred Webster?" – "Yes
That's me" – "Kindly come this way"
With fingers crossed I follow him and
I hope it's my lucky day

All I wanted to be was a part time man
(That's all)
All I wanted to be was a part time man

With shaky hand I started to the
Best that I was able the man I had come to
See smiled across the table
I filled in all questions, name
Address and occupation
What I did in World War Three
And my present situation

All I wanted to be was a part time man
(That's all, that's all)
All I wanted to be was a part time man

I went back to the waiting room and
They asked me what he said
Before I had time to answer a woman
Came out and shook her head
Returned from where I came from to
My old and faithful cat
I turned off the light in my
Eyes and that's the end, that
Oh yeah

All I wanted to be was a part time man
All I wanted to be was a part time man
All I wanted to be was a part time man
(All I wanted to be was a part time man)
All I wanted to be was a part time man
(That's all, that's all, that's all)