"Nine to Five" from "Nine to Five"

MAN
Tumble outta bed and I stumble to the kitchen

WOMAN
Pour myself a cup of ambition

ALL
Yawnin', stretchin', try to come to life

MEN
Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumpin'

WOMEN
Out on the streets the traffic starts jumpin'

ALL
And folks like me on the job from nine to five.

Workin' nine to five
What a way to make a livin'
Barely gettin' by
It's all takin' and no givin'
They just use your mind
And they never give you credit
It's enough to drive you
Crazy if you let it
Oh, oh, oh

VIOLET
My two lives have got me hoppin’
Dawn to midnight there’s no stoppin’
Don’t know which I’m motherin’ the most
Pack his lunch and kiss my son
And grab my purse and I keep runnin’
Got so much on my plate, I could choke.

VIOLET W/ ENSEMBLE
Working Nine to five,
for service and devotion
You would think that I
Would deserve a fat promotion
Want to move ahead
But the boss won't seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is out to get me

MEN
Nine to Five

WOMEN
Nine to Five

DORALEE
They let you dream
Just to watch 'em shatter
You're just a step
On the boss man's ladder
But you got dreams he'll never take away

DWAYNE
You’re in the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in

DORALEE & DWAYNE
The tide's gonna turn
And it's all gonna roll your way

DORALEE & DWAYNE
Nine to Five (Nine to Five)

DWAYNE
As long as we’re together
You know

DORALEE and DWAYNE
You and I

DWAYNE
Will make it through whatever

DORALEE
They can’t keep us down
We’ll just rise above it

DORALEE & DWAYNE
You hold on to me
We’ll tell them where to shove it.

ALL
Nine to Five you can loose your mind
Get up and work, get up and work
Nine to Five you can loose your mind (Nine to Five)
Workin Nine to Five
Nine to Five you can loose your mind
Nine to Five
It’s enough to drive you crazy
It’s enough to drive you crazy
It’s enough to drive you crazy
It’s enough to drive you
It’s enough
It’s enough
It’s enough
It’s enough to drive you
Get up and work, get up and work
Nine to five
Nine to…

JUDY
Dreams and plans are in the making (Five)
Success is out there for the taking
Wish it was as simple as it sounds (Simple as it sounds)
I swear to you I’m gonna do it
Grit my teeth and I’ll get through it (ooo)
Its hard to see the upside when you’re down

JUDY W/ ENSEMBLE
Working Nine to Five
It became necessary
When my husband Dick (Dick)
Left me for his secretary
Never worked before
But somehow I’ve gotta make it
Til I learn the ropes
I guess I just have to fake it.

ALL
Get up and work get up and work, workin’

VIOLET, DORALEE, JUDY W/ ENSEMBLE
Nine to Five
So many of us do it
But we know inside
We’re gunna make it through it.
But there’s a brighter day
And we’ll keep looking toward it
And we’ll find that dream
Soon as we can just afford it

Nine to five (Lose your mind/Woah oh oh oh)
Workin’ nine to five (Get up and work, get up and work)
Nine to five (Woah oh oh oh)
Workin’ Nine to five (Nine to Five)
Nine to five (Lose your mind)
Nine to five

It’s Enough
It’s Enough
It’s Enough

VIOLET
I deserve a fat promotion

JUDY
Hard to see the upside (Nine to five)

DORALEE
Tide’s gunna turn

ALL
Workin’ Nine to Five
Nine to five