The Temporary Blues

Traded in my tennis shoes

For steel-toed rubber boots

I got my own uniform to wear

They've given me a plastic hat

Earplugs and a funny net for my head

I'm well-prepared

Time comes when you have to choose

Occupation you can use

Well they say it should be something you like

But hard times just don't allow

Poor boy to be choosy how he provides

How you get by

Watch out now here they come

My god what have I done?

The temporary blues are gonna bring me down

One day we're gonna make them change

We gonna turn this mess around

Underneath fluorescent light

Night is day and day is night

Oh we're waiting on a break to come

For some coffee with a honey bun

And small talk about the things we wished we'd done

When we were young

Time's up boy

Watch out now here they come

My god what have I done?

The temporary blues are gonna bring me down

One day we're gonna make them change

We gonna turn this mess around

Down the line, down the line

We're sending it down the line, down the line

We're putting in overtime, overtime

We're gonna stay late

Watch out now here they come

My god what have I done?

The temporary blues are gonna bring me down

One day we're gonna make them change

We gonna turn this mess around