Odd Job Man Lyrics - Harry Chapin

I give part time help 

I'm the odd job man 

I can't do what I want 

So I do what I can 

And I'll tell you now 

So that you will understand 

You get just what you pay for 

From the odd job man 

One day this dude drives in the station 

And I slide out to the pump 

And he says, " I need some odd jobs done 

Can you get off from this dump?" 

Well, I can always use some extra bread 

So I nod and take the job 

When he says, "Clean up before you come 

I do not hire slobs " 

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Now you can see I'm not no fancy pants 

But everyone has pride 

And especially since this lovely lady's 

Sittin' by his side 

Still something keeps my trap shut 

And I nod again, " Alright " 

And he gooses his Mercedes 

And he squeals off in the night 

I give part time help 

I'm the odd job man 

I can't do what I want 

So I do what I can 

And I'll tell you now 

So that you will understand 

You get just what you pay for 

From the odd job man 

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Well, I find his place next morning 

It's more a palace than a pad 

And it kind of makes my pick-up truck 

Start looking pretty bad 

But the same lady swings the door back 

And before one word is said 

She leads me to his trophy room 

Where he sits with his stuffed heads 

He's got this list of jobs for me to do 

While he's out of town 

And he says, "I'm too damn busy boy 

The way I move around" 

Well, I start to figure prices when he says 

"It's time you learned 

When you're dealing with a gentleman 

You get just what you earn" 

I give part time help 

I'm the odd job man 

I can't do what I want 

So I do what I can 

And I'll tell you now 

So that you will understand 

You get just what you pay for 

From the odd job man 

I set to work that weekend 

And I'm fixin' up some stairs 

When I feel that someone's watching me 

And I see she's standing there 

And she says, "I like to watch you work 

You have such supple hands" 

She says, "Can I help you?" 

And I say, "Baby you can" 

Well, she looks me in the eyes, boys 

I admit I looked a little lower 

That's when she starts breathing faster 

And I start working slower 

You see when you have a helper 

With her attitude and grace 

You start puttin' lots of extra hours 

Workin' 'round the place 

I give part time help 

I'm the odd job man 

I can't do what I want 

So I do what I can 

And I'll tell you now 

So that you will understand 

You get just what you pay for 

From the odd job man 

Well, a month had too soon come and gone 

With my odd jobs all done 

When who should pull up to the pump 

But the long-lost prodigal son 

And he says, "Here's a hundred dollars, boy" 

Pulls the bill off from his wad 

And he starts to hand it over 

Like a gift come straight from God 

I say, "That's just a buck an hour sir" 

He says, "That's what I pay for jerks" 

Now I admit that almost blew my cool 

But I staggered back to work 

You see most times when it's said and done 

There's justice to this life 

'Cause what that man had done to me 

I'd done to his wife 

I give part time help 

I'm the odd job man 

I can't do what I want 

So I do what I can 

And I'll tell you now 

So that you will understand 

You get just what you pay for 

From the odd job man