Nine To Five Song Lyrics and Chords by Dolly Parton
Nine To Five
Written and Recorded by Dolly Parton
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Tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen
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Pour myself a cup of ambition
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Yawning and stretching and try to come to
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life
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Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumping
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Out on the street the traffic starts jumping
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With folks like me on the
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job from nine to
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five
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nine to five what a way to make a living
Barely
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getting by it's all taking and no giving
They just
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use your mind and they never give you credit
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enough to drive you
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crazy if you let it
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Nine to five for service and devotion
You would
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think that I would deserve a fair promotion
Want to
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move ahead but the boss won't seem to let me
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swear sometimes that man is
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out to get me
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They let you dream just to watch 'em shatter
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You're just a step on the bossman's ladder
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But you got dreams he'll never take
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away
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In the same boat with a lot of your friends
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Waiting for the day your ship will come in
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Then the tide's going to turn and it's
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all going to roll your
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way
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nine to five what a way to make a living
Barely
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getting by it's all taking and no giving
They just
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use your mind and they never give you credit
It's
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enough to drive you
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crazy if you let it
Nine to
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five yeah they got you where they want you
There's a
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better life and you think about it don't you
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rich man's game no matter what they call it
And you
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spend your life putting
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money in his wallet
FAQ
Who sang the the song Nine To Five?
- The song Nine To Five was sang by Dolly Parton.
Who is Dolly Parton?
- Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly, which led to success during the remainder of the 1960s (both as a solo artist and with a series of duet albums with Porter Wagoner), before her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Parton's albums in the 1990s did not sell as well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records. She has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Parton's music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. She has had 25 songs reach no. 1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career-charted singles over the past 40 years. She has garnered 11 Grammy Awards and 50 nominations, including the Lifetime Achievement Award ten Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award five Academy of Country Music Awards, also including Entertainer of the Year four People's Choice Awards and three American Music Awards.
In 1999, Parton was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She has composed over 3,000 songs, including "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", and "9 to 5". She is also in a select group to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards. As an actress, she has starred in films such as 9 to 5 (1980) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), for which she earned Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress, as well as Rhinestone (1984), Steel Magnolias (1989), Straight Talk (1992) and Joyful Noise (2012).
