All the resumes were splendid   But she's the one the recommended   For the job but starting late in life   Means she can't celebrate      She hasn't time or energy   To spend on friends and family   She's got some catching up to do   And precious hours are few      Oh the life of a working girl   I used to see her all the time      She's young at heart but no teenager   Early thirties I would wager   I came along a little later   So I could merely carbon date her      Age, she's not keen to   It's a trip, I a door   In the stage she can go through   Until the encore      Now she's the one who gives belated   Birthday wishes devastated   She forgot it on the day   But this is not a job that pays her      By the hour so she'll be set   Before the sun so she forgets   These things like light upon her face   Who'll spring her from this place      Oh the life of a working girl   I used to see her all the time   Oh the life of a working girl   I used to see her all the time      Now someone's had a few successes    Who, I'll give you 20 guesses   Take some credit just admit it   Everybody knows you did it      It's not that I'm not happy for her   But it's not easy to adore her   From afar does she get lonely   Like I do if I could only see her all the time      See her all the time   Oh the life of a working girl   I used to see her all the time   Oh the life of a working girl   I used to see her all the time