WELCOME TO THE WORKING WEEK
Elvis Costello

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Now that your picture's in the paper bein' rythmic'lly admired
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And you can have anyone that you have ever desired,
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All you gotta tell me now is why, why, why why.

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Welcome to the working week.
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Oh, I know it don't thrill you.
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I hope it don't kill you.
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Welcome to the working week.
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You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.

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All of your fam'ly had to kill to survive,
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And they're still waitin' for their big day to arrive.
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But if they knew how I felt, they'd bury me alive.

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Welcome to the working week.
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Oh, I know it don't thrill you.
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I hope it don't kill you.
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Welcome to the working week.
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You gotta do it till you're through it so you better get to it.

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I hear you sayin', "Hey, the city's all right,"
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When you only read about it in books.
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Spend all your money gettin' so convinced
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That you never even bother to look
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Sometimes I wonder if we're livin' in the same land.
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Why d'you wanna be my friend
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When I feel like a juggler runnin' outta hands?

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Welcome to the working week,
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Oh ah, welcome to the working week.



The first verse hit the chords once each and let's them ring-- the first
chorus and after the chords are struck once on the first downbeat followed
by two half beats (a "one      and two" syncopated count if you wasted
years as a high-school band-nazi)

Welcome to the Working Week-  Elvis Costello

Verse:   (tacit until picture)
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Now that your pictureÕs in the paper bein' publicly admired
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You can have anyone
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That you have ever desired
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All you gotta do is tell me why, why, why, why...

Chorus
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Welcome to the workin' week
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Oh, I know it donÕt thrill you
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I hope it don't kill you
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Welcome to the workin' week
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You gotta do it 'til you do it
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So you'd better get to it

Verse 2:
Not like your family had to kill to survive
They're still waitin' for their
Big day to arrive
If they knew how I felt
They'd bury me alive

Chorus

Bridge
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I hear you sayin' that the cityÕs all right
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But you've only read about it in books
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Spent all your money gettin' so convinced
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That you never even bothered to learn

Verse 3:
Not like we're even livin' in the same land
Why you want to be my friend
When I'm actin' like a juggler
Runnin' outta hands

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Welcome to the workin' week
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Well now, welcome to the workin' week

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