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 "      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      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