The Big Payback — текст песни (Bruce Springsteen)

I bought a scooter and I rented a shack

Out in the sun, by the railroad track

I got a job and Im a-breakin my back

Workin and workin for the big payback



I keep a puttin and a puttin out

I keep a sweatin like a hog and all

I work so long that Im a losin track

I work so long that Im a losin track

Waitin, waitin on the big payback



Well, its a wham, bam, thank you maam, God damn, ring out sam

I took on that train rumblin down this track

They got your neck in the noose, youre draggin long in back

Chasin and chasin the big payback



Oh what my foreman does well I dont know

He just throws me a shovel and yells "go, bobby, go"

Oh well-a all day long hes just a busy wise crack

While Im sweatin and sweatin the big payback



Well, its a wham, bam, thank you maam, God damn, ring out sam

I took on that train rumblin down the track

They got your neck in the noose, your hands are tied up in back

And youre a-workin and workin for the big payback



I quit that job, and mister I aint goin back

Got me a knife and shes a long and bad

Ill tell you how I make the peace with that man

Down in the alley of the big payback



I go a wham, bam, thank you maam, God damn, cmon man

Youre a goin to that train rumblin down this track

I got your neck in the noose and I dont give a damn, jack

Im on that long lost highway of the big payback

Im on that long lost highway of the big payback

Im on that long lost highway of the big payback