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.