Workin' At The Carwash Blues

(album: Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce - 1980)

Well I had just got out from the county prison
Doing 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 said we got all that we can use
Now I got them steadily depressing low down mind messing
Working at the car wash blues

Well I should be sitting in some air-conditioned
Office in a swivel chair
Talking me some trash to the secretaries
Saying hey honey come on over here
Instead I'm stuck here rubbing these fenders with a rag
And walking home in soggy old shoes
With them steadily depressing low down mind messing
Working at the car wash blues

You know a man of my ability
He should be smoking on a big cigar
But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait
In my rubber suit a rubbing these cars

Well all I can do is a shake my head
Cause you might not believe that it's true
For working at this end of Niagara Falls
Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes
So baby don't expect to see me with no double martini
In any high-brow society news
Cause I got them steadily depressing low down mind messing
Working at the car wash blues

I got them steadily depressing low down mind messing
Working at the car wash blues