[Verse 1]
You get up every morning from alarm clock's warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above, people pushing, people shoving
And the girls who try to look pretty

And if your train's on time, you can get to work by 9
And start your slavin' jobs and get your pay
If you ever get annoyed, look at me, I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day

[Chorus]
And we've been takin' care of business, every day
Takin' care of business, every way
I've been takin' care of business, it's alright
Takin' care of business and working overtime, work out

[Verse 2]
If it were easy as fishin', you could be a musician
If you could make sounds loud or mellow
Get a secondhand guitar, chances are you'll go far
If you get in with the right bunch of fellows

People see you having fun just a-lying in the sun
You tell them that you like it this way
It's the work that we avoid and we're all self-employed
We love to work at nothing all day

[Chorus]
And we've been takin' care of business, every day
Takin' care of business, every way
We've been takin' care of business, it's alright
Takin' care of business and working overtime
Work out

[Bridge]
Woo
Takin' care

[Verse 3]
Thinking of every morning from alarm clock's warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above, people pushin', people shovin'
And the girls who try to look pretty

And if your train's on time, you can get to work by 9
And start your slavin' job and get your pay
If you ever get annoyed, look at me, I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day

[Chorus]
And I've been takin' care of business, every day
Takin' care of business, every way
I've been takin' care of business, it's alright
Takin' care of business and working overtime
Work out (work out, work out, work out, work out)

[Outro]
Takin' care of business, alright
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business (business, business)
Takin' care of business, every day
Takin' care of business, baby
Takin' care of business, it's all mine
Takin' care of business

And we'll be takin' care of business, all night long
Give this to me, now