Dirty Work

Steely Dan · Definitive Collection [2006]

Times are hard.

You're afraid to pay the fee.

So you find yourself somebody who can do the job for free...

When you need a bit of loving, cuz your man is out of town.

That's the time you get me running, and you know I'll be around...



(Chorus):

I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah...

I don't wanna do your dirty work, no more...

I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah...



Light the candle.

Put the lock upon the door.

You have sent the maid home early, like a thousand times before...

Like a castle in his corner, in a mid-evil game,

I forsee terrible trouble, and I stay here just the same...



(Chorus):

I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah...

I don't wanna do your dirty work, no more...

I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah...



(Saxaphone solo)



I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah...

I don't wanna do your dirty work, no more...

I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah...

I don't wanna do your dirty work, no more...

I'm a fool to do your dirty work, oh yeah...

I don't wanna do your dirty work, no more...