This one's for you, working day in and day out saying... I Need A Vacation! It's about time, isn't it?
Singer/Songwriter
Rob Staffig
A New Country-Rock Sound!
Story behind the song
I wrote this song while stocking Pepsi in a Mini Mart on a day job I had back in '86 thinking... man I Need A Vacation! It's for all the working folk out there thinking and saying the exact same thing!
Lyrics
I Need A Vacation
The sun is on the rise, it's another day
As I wipe the sleep from my eyes, I hear you say
Hon you better get going, it's almost, 8 a.m.
How I hate Monday morning
When is this all gonna end
Working 8 to 5 just to stay alive, the job is worth twice the pay
Seems you're doing time on the assembly line, you've just got to get away
But you're caught up in the same old grind
Wound up so tight that you can't unwind
It's a bad situation, I Need A Vacation
Five o'clock whistle finally, sets us free
The boss says see ya tomorrow, but he won't see me
I've punched the clock for the last time, I'm headed for a tropical shore
My wife's gonna think I've lost my mind
But I can't take no more
Working 8 to 5 just to stay alive, the job is worth twice the pay
Seems you're doing time on the assembly line, you've just got to get away
But you're caught up in the same old grind
Wound up so tight that you can't unwind
It's bad situation, I Need A Vacation
Just a bad old situation, I Need A Vacation
(music interlude)
But you're caught up in the same old grind
Wound up so tight that you can't unwind
It's bad situation, I Need A Vacation
Just a bad old situation, I Need A Vacation
(Spoken)
I am sooo tired, man I, I Need A Vacation
I can just feel that warm tropical breeze blowin'
What's that? Step into your office? But I, I, I was just leavin'
When will I be back, tell ya what, I'll call ya
Ah, Jamacia Me Crazy, I am outta here
Give ole Jimmy Buffet a call, yeah, Hey Jimmy, lets go sailin'
Go down to Key Largo, little Surfin' Safari, yeah
Tired of this dry land, sagebrush, man I need some water
© 1986/2001 Rob Staffig
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