Taking Care Of Business

Intro: (12x) verse 1: A long time ago, in 1965 or so I met a man with a face, it was a real disgrace Pictures he took and put them in a little book So ambitious was he, he even took a picture of me verse 2: Then one day, he opened up a studio (start recording now) He tried to make it pay, making hit records, you know And he asked me along, write him a little song I got the studio free, just sign this paper for me You got to__ take good care of business, my friend Take good care of yourself You got to__ take good care of business, my friend Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf (oh yeah) verse 3: Later on, after I wrote that song Even heard it played up on Radio One (Radio One) Manager said, "Money all gone away You spent it, you see, up and down the country" You got to__ take good care of business, my friend Take good care of yourself You got to__ take good care of business, my friend Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf verse 4: Well, I started to say, "I mean, we've got to play What else can we do? We're not clever like you" Then, said he, "You know how I am fair You can sign to the company for another ten year" You've got to take, take good care of business, boys Take good care of yourself You've got to take, take good care of business, boys Otherwise you're gonna end up on that shelf________