Interpret:

Jethro Tull

Album:

A

When I was a young man (as all good tales begin) 
I was taught to hold out my hand 
And for my pay I worked an honest day 
and took what pittance I could win 
Now I'm a working John and I'm a working Joe 
and I'm doing what I know 
for God and the Economy 
Big brother watches over me 
And the state protects and feeds me 
And my conscience never leaves me 
And I'm loyal to the unions 
who protect me at all levels 


And as I grew, the winds of fortune blew 
and the bank smiled down upon me 
And mortgaged to the hilt I threw 
the breeze of caution behind me 
Now I'm a working John and I'm a working Joe 
and I'm good at what I know 
And God and the Economy 
have blessed me with equality 
Now I'm equal to the best of you 
And better than the rest of you 
who would criticise my success 
in times of national unrest 


Now I own my horseless carriage 
in its central-heated garage 
And I commute eighty miles a day --- 
up at seven to make it pay 
I direct ten limited companies 
with seeming consummate expertise 
two ulcers and a heart disease 
a trembling feeling in both knees --- 
I'm a working John and I'm a working Joe