Well, I had just got out from the county prison Doin' ninety days for non-support Tried to find me an executive position But no matter how smooth I talked They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius The man say, 'We got only we can use.' Now I got them steadily depressin' low down mind messin' Working at the car wash blues Well, I should be sittin' in an air conditioned office in a swivel chair Talkin' some trash to the secretary Sayin', 'Here, now mama, come on over here.' Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag And walkin' home in soggy old shoes With them steadily depressin', low down mind messin' Workin' at the car wash blues You know a man of my ability He should be smokin' on a big cigar But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait In my rubber suit a-rubbin' these cars Well, all I can do is a shake my head You might not believe that it's true For workin' at this end on Niagara Falls Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes So baby, don't spect to see me With no double martini in my high-brow society news Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin' Workin' at the car wash blues So baby, don't spect to see me With no double martini in my high-brow society news Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin' Workin' at the car wash blues Yeah I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin' Workin' at the car wash blues
[00:06.61]Well, I had just got out [00:08.81]from the county prison [00:11.08]Doin' ninety days for non-support [00:14.71]Tried to find me an executive position [00:18.41]But no matter how smooth I talked [00:21.11]They wouldn't listen to the fact [00:23.16]that I was a genius [00:24.77]The man say, 'We got only we can use.' [00:28.09]Now I got them steadily depressin' [00:31.18]low down mind messin' [00:33.06]Working at the car wash blues [00:35.68]Well, I should be sittin' in [00:38.54]an air conditioned office in a swivel chair [00:42.74]Talkin' some trash to the secretary [00:47.08]Sayin', 'Here, now mama, [00:48.56]come on over here.' [00:50.58]Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' [00:52.96]these fenders with a rag [00:54.75]And walkin' home in soggy old shoes [00:57.39]With them steadily depressin', [01:00.05]low down mind messin' [01:01.75]Workin' at the car wash blues [01:04.86]You know a man of my ability [01:09.02]He should be smokin' on a big cigar [01:12.33]But till I get myself straight [01:14.20]I guess I'll just have to wait [01:16.10]In my rubber suit a-rubbin' these cars [01:20.54]Well, all I can do is a shake my head [01:24.95]You might not believe that it's true [01:28.19]For workin' at this end on Niagara Falls [01:31.86]Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes [01:35.02]So baby, don't spect to see me [01:37.50]With no double martini in [01:39.57]my high-brow society news [01:42.10]Cause I got them steadily depressin', [01:45.09]low down mind messin' [01:46.88]Workin' at the car wash blues [02:04.12]So baby, don't spect to see me [02:06.06]With no double martini in my high-brow [02:08.49]society news [02:10.22]Cause I got them steadily depressin', [02:13.40]low down mind messin' [02:15.41]Workin' at the car wash blues [02:17.88]Yeah I got them steadily depressin', [02:20.95]low down mind messin' [02:22.54]Workin' at the car wash blues [02:24.76]
