All the Livelong Day

Lyrics

[WOMAN 1] I hear America singing... [MAN 1 & WOMAN 2] I hear... [MAN 3 & WOMAN 1] I hear... [MAN 1 & WOMAN 2] I hear... [MAN 2 & WOMAN 3] The varied carols I hear [MAN 1, MAN 3, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 2] America singing [MAN 2, WOMAN 1, & WOMAN 3] America singing [ALL] Singing, Singing [WOMAN, spoken] In 1974, Chicago radio broadcaster Studs Terkel published a best selling compilation of interviews with a cross section of Americans talking about their jobs [ALL, spoken] These are their words [MAN 2] The mason singing... [WOMAN 3] The waitress singing... [WOMAN 1] The mill worker singing [WOMAN 2] The manager singing [MAN 1] The fireman singing [ALL] Each one singing The teacher The trucker The hooker The housewife [ALL] I hear [MAN 1 & 3] I hear [WOMAN 1] I hear [ALL] America singing... America singing... [MAN 1, spoken] Every load is a challenge, and when you finally offload it you get a sense of completing a job, which I don't think you get in a production line situation [WOMAN 3, spoken] I feel like Carmen in a way, like a gypsy holding out a tambourine, ya know, and they throw their coins [MAN 3, spoken] Pick it up, put it down, pick it up, put it down [WOMAN 2, spoken] It sounds terrible, just a housewife, its true, what is a housewife? [MAN 2, spoken] Any man who works with his hands I think takes pride in his work [WOMAN 1, spoken] I like flying and I like people, I really do, with all the great benefits, flying around the world, meeting all these great people [MIKE] Hey somebody, don'cha wanna hear The story of my life? One of them movie companies T.V. documentaries Won'cha come and ask me please... And pay me a million dollars To tell you what I do at the store 'Cause if you pay me a million dollars I wouldn't have to go and do it no more [ALL] One... Two... Three... Four... Just like the song say All the livelong day Everybody done know that song Working for a living the whole day long All the livelong day... Hey somebody, won'cha turn your head Take a look my way? [WOMEN] I'm gettin' old and I tell you [MEN] Gettin' old ain't nothin' new [MEN] Stuck again with you know who -- [WOMEN] With you know who -- [MEN] Me and my old pal Monday Y'know rain or shine he'll be showin' [WOMEN] Rain or shine [MEN] Me and my old pal Monday [ALL] And another cup of coffee Get the juices flowin' Another cup of coffee Get the juices flowin' Another cup of coffee Get the juices flowin' and it's One... two... three... get goin'! Just like the song say All the livelong day Everybody done know that song Working for a living the whole day long All the livelong- Just like the song say Just like the song say now All the livelong day (all the livelong day) Just like the song say Just like the song say now All the livelong day (all the livelong day) Just like the song say Just like the song say now All the livelong day (all the livelong day) Just like the song say Just like the song say now All the livelong day Everybody done know that song Working at living the whole day long All the livelong... Day!