Day Job Lyrics - Grateful Dead

Maybe you collect or maybe you pay (whether) 

Still got to work that eight hour day 

Whether you like that job or not 

You'd better keep it on ice while you're lining up your long shot 

Which is to say, hey hey, keep your day job 

Don't give it away, keep your day job, whatever they say 

Keep your day job 'till your night job pays. 

Steady boys starting that eight day hour 

Never underrate that paycheck power 

By now you know that the face on your dollar 

Got a thumb on it's nose and a hand on your collar 

With a chance to say, hey hey, keep your day job.... 

Daddy may drive a v-8 'vette 

Mama may bathe in champagne yet 

God bless the child that's got his own stash 

Nine to five and a place to crash 

Which is to say... 

Sunday comes forget about work, ring that bell for whatever it's worth. 

If you ask me like I know you won't 

I'll tell you what to do what I know that you won't.