You say that I should be somebody
If you could only own a mountain made of solid gold
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
How long will it be now? How long will it be now?
I've been making two bridges
I've been rackin' my brain
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
Say, how long will it be now?
I ain't no nine-to-five
What difference would it make, you'd just have more to break
Coming by my way
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
How long will it take to make him see my side?
Ol' mister nine-to-five
There ain't anybody else that I could be
Don't you think that I'd be funny in a suit and tie
Tryin' to find a way to make ends meet
Write you songs that you can sing
And I don't know why you won't take me for myself
I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
