Odd Job Man-Harry Chapin

[ti:Odd Job Man] [ar:Harry Chapin] [al:Legends Of The Lost And Found ] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Odd Job Man - Harry Chapin [00:08.19]I give part time help [00:10.00]I'm the odd job man [00:11.63] [00:12.75]I can't do what I want [00:14.62]So I do what I can [00:15.97] [00:16.91]And I'll tell you now [00:17.91] [00:18.84]So that you will understand [00:19.87] [00:21.49]You get just what you pay for from the odd job man [00:24.41] [00:35.21]One day this dude drives in the station [00:36.93] [00:37.74]And I slide out to the pump [00:39.24] [00:40.05]And he says " I need some odd jobs done [00:42.00]Can you get off from this dump " [00:44.68]Well I can always use some extra bread [00:46.58]So I nod and take the job [00:48.39] [00:49.08]When he says " Clean up before you come [00:51.76]I do not hire slobs " [00:53.45] [00:54.32]Now you can see I'm not no fancy pants [00:56.57]But everyone has pride [00:58.30]And especially since this lovely lady's [01:00.98]Sittin' by his side [01:03.52]Still something keeps my trap shut [01:05.46]And I nod again " Alright " [01:08.39]And he gooses his Mercedes [01:09.53] [01:10.33]And he squeals off in the night [01:11.96] [01:14.70]I give part time help [01:16.07] [01:16.89]I'm the odd job man [01:18.43] [01:19.18]I can't do what I want [01:21.62]So I do what I can [01:23.05] [01:24.05]And I'll tell you now [01:25.42] [01:26.05]So that you will understand [01:27.95] [01:28.95]You get just what you pay for from the odd job man [01:32.31] [01:36.75]Well I find his place next morning [01:38.31]It's more a palace than a pad [01:41.24]And it kind of makes my pick-up truck [01:43.11]Start looking pretty bad [01:44.73] [01:45.60]But the same lady swings the door back [01:47.79] [01:48.35]And before one word is said [01:49.86] [01:50.49]She leads me to his trophy room [01:52.30]Where he sits with his stuffed heads [01:54.42] [01:55.48]He's got this list of jobs for me to do [01:58.54]While he's out of town [01:59.57]And he says "I'm too damn busy boy [02:02.19] [02:03.06]The way I move around" [02:03.87]Well I start to figure prices when he says [02:07.47]"It's time you learned [02:09.10]When you're dealing with a gentleman [02:11.34]You get just what you earn" [02:13.25] [02:16.18]I give part time help [02:17.67] [02:18.36]I'm the odd job man [02:19.40] [02:21.21]I can't do what I want [02:22.46] [02:23.14]So I do what I can [02:24.58] [02:25.64]And I'll tell you now [02:26.83] [02:27.57]So that you will understand [02:28.90] [02:30.46]You get just what you pay for from the odd job man [02:33.72] [02:55.81]I set to work that weekend [02:57.27]And I'm fixin' up some stairs [02:59.45] [03:00.07]When I feel that someone's watching me [03:01.52]And I see SHE'S standing there [03:04.16]And she says "I like to watch you work [03:07.05]You have such supple hands" [03:08.69] [03:09.58]She says "Can I help you " and I say [03:12.82] [03:13.38]"Baby you CAN " [03:14.16] [03:15.28]Well she looks me in the eyes boys [03:17.28]I admit I looked a little lower [03:19.28] [03:19.90]That's when she starts breathing faster [03:21.96]And I start working slower [03:23.71]You see when you have a helper [03:25.91]With her attitude and grace [03:28.45] [03:29.39]You start puttin' lots of extra hours [03:31.32] [03:32.01]Workin' 'round the place [03:33.25] [03:35.13]I give part time help [03:36.57] [03:37.25]I'm the odd job man [03:38.81] [03:39.56]I can't do what I want [03:41.31] [03:42.18]So I do what I can [03:43.17] [03:52.53]Well a month had too soon come and gone [03:54.47]With my odd jobs all done [03:55.71] [03:57.27]When who should pull up to the pump [03:58.96]But the long-lost prodigal son [04:00.64] [04:03.39]And he says "Here's a hundred dollars boy" [04:05.53] [04:06.15]Pulls the bill off from his wad [04:07.78] [04:08.33]And he starts to hand it over [04:10.33]Like a gift come straight from God [04:12.20] [04:13.45]I say "That's just a buck an hour sir " [04:16.99]He says "That's what I pay for jerks" [04:20.17]Now I admit that almost blew my cool [04:21.46]But I staggered back to work [04:23.33] [04:25.25]You see most times when it's said and done [04:27.50]There's justice to this life [04:29.01] [04:30.06]'Cause what that man had done to me [04:32.18] [04:32.69]I'd done to his wife [04:33.99] [04:36.74]I give part time help [04:38.23] [04:39.61]I'm the odd job man [04:41.35] [04:43.34]I can't do what I want [04:44.71] [04:45.46]So I do what I can [04:47.47] [04:48.40]And I'll tell you now [04:50.21] [04:51.20]So that you will understand [04:52.77] [04:54.76]You get just what you pay for from the odd job man