Tumble out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen

Pour myself a cup of ambition

Yawn and stretch and try to come to life

Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumping

Out on the streets the traffic starts jumping

For folks like me on the job from Nine to Five

Working Nine to Five, what a way to make a living

Barely getting by, it’s all taking and no giving

They just use your mind and they never give you credit

It’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it

Hoo, hoo, hoo woooo

My two lives have got me hopping

Dawn to midnight there’s no stopping

Don’t know which I’m mothering the most.

Pack my lunch and kiss my son ‘n

Grab my purse and I keep runnin’

Got so much on my plate, I could choke.

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

They let you dream just to watch them shatter

Your just a step on the boss man’s ladder

But you got dreams he’ll never take away

You’re in the same boat with a lot of your friends

Waiting for the day your ship’ll come in

The tide’s gonna turn and it’s all gonna roll your way

Nine to Five (ENSEMBLE: Nine to Five) As long as we’re together you know

You and I (ENSEMBLE: You and I) will make it through whatever

They can’t keep us down (ENSEMBLE: Ain’t no way) We’ll just rise above it

You hold on to me, We’ll tell ‘em where to shove it

Nine to Five, you can lose your mind, get up and work, get up and work

Nine to Five, you can lose your mind, working Nine to Five

Nine to Five you can lose your mind, Nine to Five

It’s enough to drive you crazy, it’s enough to drive you crazy,

Get up and work get up and work Nine to Five

Dreams and plans are in the making, success is out there for the taking,

Wish it was as simple as it sounds (ENSEMBLE: Simple as it sounds)

I swear to you I’m gonna do it, grit my teeth and I’ll get through it

It’s hard to see the upside when your down

Working Nine to Five (ENEMBLE: Nine to Five), it became necessary

When my husband – Dick (ENSMBLE: Dick), left me for his secretary

Never worked before but somehow I’ve got to make it

Til I learn the ropes, I guess I’ll just have to fake it,

Get up and work get up and work, Working to Nine to Five

So many of us do it but we know inside

We’re gonna make it through it

There’s a brighter day and we’ll looking t’ward it

And we’ll buy that dream as we can just afford it.

Nine to Five/Nine to Five you can lose your mind

Working Nine to Five/Get up and work get up and work

Nine to Five/Nine to Five you can lose your mind/Whoa oh oh

Nine to Five/Working Nine to Five/ oh

Nine to Five/Lose your mind/Nine to Five you can lose your mind

Nine to Five

It’s enough, it’s enough, it’s enough

I deserve a fat promotion,

For folks like me

The tide’s gonna turn

Working Nine to Five, Nine to Five