Handyman Blues - C.W. Stoneking

Well excuse me mam' I wants ta put in my unemployment form please

Now hold on a minute mister, now it says here that you ain’t been working for 3

years

That’s right

Hey, wanna tell ya, ain’t it bout time you got yourself a job?

I’m looking for a job right now

Looking for a job and praying you ain’t gonna find one

You tell me what the last thing you done now

The last one?

I used to get up in the morning

Go to work with rain comin' down

And when I was a handyman

Working in a country town

When I was a handyman

I cut down every tree in the yard

And the reason being

I swang my axe so hard

Handyman

Is a good thing to be

You’re working hard

It’s from eight till three

When I was a handyman

I’d trim the rough edges of your lawn

I’d trimmed it so close

A cold chill run through your bones

Handyman

Can fix your squeaking floors

Handyman

Can shine the bit of your front door

When I was a handyman

The women had me deep in the mud

When my spade hit bedrock

She hollered ‘Oh my lord'

Oh my lord