[Intro]
       

[Verse 1]
            
You tasted the

 
 porridge
             
And ran before

              
 the grizzlies

           
 took your lif

e
             
But you tried 

    
to ignore it
              
The yen that w

             
reathes the co

              
rners of your 


mind?


[Chorus]
            
All you said y

   
ou wanted
         
Was some time 

alone to look 

over the Treat

y of Versaille

s
            
But all you re

     
ally wanted
      
Was a 9 to 5
             
To pay the bil

              
ls on time


[Verse 2]
            
You dug from t

    
he storage
             
A tapestry tha

              
t could not we

        
ave to scale
             
Your shoes stu

           
ck to the mort

gage
             
Like zebra mus

              
cles sticking 

       
to the shale (

shale!)


[Chorus]
            
All you said y

   
ou wanted
         
Was some time 

alone to look 

over the Treat

y of Versaille

s
            
But all you re

     
ally wanted
      
Was a 9 to 5
            
To pay the bil

              
ls on time

[Bridge]
            
To pay the bil

              
ls on time
          
("Oh!" scream)

 
             
La-la-la-la-la

              
-la-la-la-la-l

       
a-la-la!

[Chorus]
            
All you said y

   
ou wanted
         
Was some time 

alone to reass

ess your life
            
All you really

 
 wanted
      
Was a 9 to 5
N.C.
To pay the bills on time

(End on F)