WORKIN' AT THE CAR WASH BLUES
Written by: Jim Croce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SULVCWbFUI


[Intro]

            


[Verse 1]

            
Well, I had ju

st got out fro

m the county p

rison
      
Doin' ninety d

ays for non-su

pport

Tried to find 

me an executiv

e position
       
But no matter 

how smooth I t

alked
              
They wouldn't 

              
listen to the 


fact that I wa

s genius
              
The man say, "

            
We got all tha

         
t we can use."


[Chorus]

              
Now I got them

           
 steadily depr

            
essin', low do

   
wn mind messin

'
            
workin' at the

        
 car wash blue

s


[Verse 2]

        
Well, I should

 be sittin' in

 an air condit

ioned

Office in a sw

ivel chair

Talkin' some t

rash to the se

cretaries
         
Sayin', "Here 

now mamma, com

e on over here

."
            
Instead I'm st

uck here rubbi

n' these fende

rs with a rag
            
And walkin' ho

              
me in soggy ol

  
d shoes


[Chorus]

             
With them stea

            
dily depressin

          
', low down mi

nd messin'
            
workin' at the

        
 car wash blue

s


[Bridge]

             
You know a man

              
 of my ability

              
 he should be 

            
smokin' on a b

      
ig cigar
             
But till I get

              
 myself straig

              
ht I guess I'l

  
l just have to

 wait
             
In my rubber s

              
uit a-rubbin' 

      
these cars


[Verse 3]

      
Well, all I ca

n do is to sha

ke my head
    
You might not 

believe that i

t's true
    
For workin' at

 this indoor N

iagara Falls
     
Is a undiscove

red Howard Hug

hes
         
So baby, don't

 expect to see

 me
              
With no double

              
 martini in an

            
y high-brow so

      
ciety news


[Chorus]

              
'Cause I got t

             
hem steadily d

          
epressin', low

      
 down mind mes

sin'
            
workin' at the

        
 car wash blue

s


[Interlude]

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[Pre-Chorus]

         
So baby, don't

 expect to see

 me
              
With no double

              
 martini in an

            
y high-brow so

      
ciety news


[Chorus]

              
'Cause I got t

             
hem steadily d

          
epressin', low

      
 down mind mes

sin'
            
workin' at the

        
 car wash blue

s
              
Yeah, I got th

             
em steadily de

          
pressin', low 

     
down mind mess

in'
            
workin' at the

        
 car wash blue

s