Workin' At The Car Wash Blues Lyrics

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 all that 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 a air conditioned office in a swivel chair
Talkin' some trash to the secretaries
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 a 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 depressin', low down mind messin'
Workin' at the car wash blues

So baby, don't expect to see me
With no double martini in any 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

Jim Croce - Jim Croce - 50th Anniversary Collection

Sep 1992

1. Spin, Spin, Spin
2. Vespers
3. Big Wheel
4. Cigarettes, Whiskey & Wild, Wild Women
5. (And) I Remember Her
6. Cotton Mouth River
7. More Than That Tomorrow
8. The Migrant Worker
9. Child Of Midnight
10. Stone Walls
11. King's Song
12. Mississippi Lady
13. Which Way Are You Goin'
14. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
15. You Don't Mess Around With Jim
16. Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day
17. New York's Not My Home
18. Hard Time Losin' Man
19. Photographs And Memories
20. Walkin' Back To Georgia
21. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
22. Time In A Bottle
23. Box #10
24. A Long Time Ago
25. Hey Tomorrow
26. Chain Gang Medley: Chain Gang/He Don't Love/Searchin'
27. Old Man River
28. Careful Man
29. These Dreams
30. It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
31. Dreamin' Again
32. Alabama Rain
33. A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' The Blues)
34. Next Time, This Time
35. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
36. One Less Set Of Footsteps
37. Roller Derby Queen
38. Speedball Tucker
39. I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
40. I Got A Name
41. Recently
42. Five Short Minutes
43. Thursday
44. The Hard Way Every Time
45. Age
46. Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
47. Lover's Cross
48. Salon And Saloon
49. Top Hat Bar And Grille