Maybe you collect or maybe you pay (whether)
  Still got to work that eight hour day
  Whether you like that job or not
  You'd better keep it on ice while you're lining up your long shot
    Which is to say, hey hey, keep yer day job
  Don't give it away, keep yer day job, whatever they say
  Keep yer day job 'till your night job pays.
    Steady boys starting that eight day hour
  Never underrate that paycheck power
  By now you know that the face on your dollar
  Got a thumb on its nose and a hand on your collar
  With a chance to say, hey hey, keep yer day job....
    Daddy may drive a V-8 'Vette
  Mama may bathe in champagne yet
  God bless the child that's got his own stash
  Nine to five and a place to crash
  which is to say...
  Sunday comes forget about work, Ring that bell for whatever it's worth.
  If you ask me like I know you won't
  I'll tell you what to do what I know that you won't.