I once had a job,
it wasn’t all that great
But it kept me alive,
and gave me food I ate
Then things got bad,
and business took a dive
For a long time now,
I’ve been out of the hive
33 weeks later, plus 66
I still can’t find a job,
And my U.I. got the nix

My Senator thinks I’m lazy,
he thinks on U.I. I’ve got it made
He flies around the country on a jet
bought with taxes I’ve paid
He talks real big, he does nothing,
he raises a holy heck!
And at the end of the week,
he collects a government check

My government failed me
it made a bad economy
I look for work,
and search the internet
But it does no good,
when there ain’t no work to get
I became the victim
of big business greed
My government failed me again
they cut unemployment feed

My ex-girlfriend lives with me,
she’s got no place to go
She can’t find a job,
she ain’t got no dough
But she’s a real good cook,
she keeps me well fed
She keeps me alive,
and I give her my bed

There are no jobs from
file clerk to soda jerk
Yer mind starts to schemin’
when you can’t find no work
I’ve put out books, and t-shirts
to try and make a buck
Now I’m making a song,
And on iTunes I’ll try my luck.
And if you illegally download this,
then you suck

If I had a choice,
this isn’t the life I’d choose
Believe you and me,
I wish I didn’t have to sing these 99er blues