The Big Payback (from "The Essential Bruce Springsteen" compilation)

I bought a scooter and I rented a shack
Out in the sun, by the railroad track
I got a job and I'm a-breaking my back
Working and working for the big payback

I keep a putting and a putting out
I keep a sweating like all get out
I work so long that I'm a losing track
Waiting, waiting on the big payback

Well, it's a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, god damn, look out Sam
It's a gone dead train rumbling down this track
They got your neck in the noose, you're dragging long in back
Chasing and chasing the big payback

Oh what my foreman does well I don't know
He just throws me a shovel and yells "Go, Bobby, Go"
Oh well – a all day long he's just a diddy wack wack
While I'm sweating and sweating the big payback

Well, it's a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, god damn, look out Sam
It's a gone dead train rumbling down this track
They got your neck in the noose, you're hands are tied up in back
Chasing and chasing the big payback

I quit that job, and Mister I ain't going back
Got me a knife and she's a long and black
I'll tell you how I make my piece at night Mac
Down in the alley of the big payback

I go a wham, bam, thank you ma'am, god damn, c'mon man
You're a gone dead train rumbling down this track
I got your neck in the noose and I don't give a damn, Jack
I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback
I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback