Nine to Five

[JOE]

Tumble outta bed

And I stumble to the kitchen

[DAPHNE]

Pour myself a cup of ambition

[ENSEMBLE]

Yawn and stretch and try to come to life

Jump in the shower

And the blood starts pumpin'

Out on the streets the traffic starts jumpin'

For folks like me on the job

From nine to five

Workin' nine to five, what a way to make a living!

Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'

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 ooo woo

[VIOLET]

My two lives have got me hoppin'

Dawn till midnight, there's no stoppin'

Don't know which I'm mothering the most

Pack his lunch and kiss my son and

Grab my purse and I keep runnin'

Got so much on my plate I could choke

[VIOLET & ENSEMBLE]

Workin' nine to five

[VIOLET]

For service and devotion

[VIOLET & ENSEMBLE]

You would think that I

[VIOLET]

Would deserve a fat promotion

[VIOLET & ENSEMBLE]

Want to move ahead

[VIOLET]

But the boss won't seem to let me

I-

[VIOLET & ALL WOMEN]

Swear sometimes that man is out to get me!

[MEN & WOMEN]

Nine to five

Nine to five

[DORALEE]

They let you dream just to watch 'em shatter

You're just a step on the boss man's ladder;

But you got dreams he'll never take away!

[DWAYNE]

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

Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in

[DORALEE & DWAYNE]

And the tide's gonna turn

And it's all gonna roll your way

[DORALEE & DWAYNE, ENSEMBLE]

Nine to five! Nine to five

[DWAYNE]

As long as we're together

[DORALEE & DWAYNE, ENSEMBLE]

You know you and I You and I

[DWAYNE]

Will make it through whatever

[DORALEE, ENSEMBLE]

They can't keep us down Ain't no way

We'll just rise above it

[DORALEE & DWANYE]

You hold onto me, we'll tell them where to shove it!

[ENSEMBLE, KATHY]

Nine to five, you can lose your mind

Get up and work, get up and work

Nine to five, you can lose your mind Nine to five!

Workin' nine to five

Nine to five, you can lose your mind

Nine to five

It's enough to drive you crazy

[WOMEN, MEN]

It's enough to drive

You crazy It's enough to drive

It's enough to drive you crazy You crazy, it's enough

It's enough

It's enough

It's enough

[ENSEMBLE]

It's enough to drive you

Get up and work

Get up and work

Nine to five

Nive to five

[JUDY]

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

[JUDY]

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 you're down

[JUDY, ENSEMBLE]

Workin' nine to five Nine to five

It became necessary

When my husband, Dick Dick!

Left me for his secretary

Never worked before Never worked before

But somehow I've got to make it

'Til I learn the ropes Learn the ropes

I guess I'll just have to fake it!

[ENSEMBLE]

Get up and work

Get up and work

Workin'

[THREE WOMEN & ENSEMBLE]

Nine to five!

[VIOLET, JUDY, DORALEE]

So many of us do it

[THREE WOMEN, ENSEMBLE]

But we know inside But we know inside

We're gonna make it through it

There's a brighter day Oh, there's a brighter day

And we'll keep lookin' t'ward it Lookin' t'ward it

[ALL]

And we'll buy that dream

Soon as we can just afford it

[3 WOMEN & 2 FEMALE ENSEMBLE, ENSEMBLE, BARITONES]

Nine to five Nine to five you can Woah oh oh

Lose your mind

Workin' nine to five Get up and work

Get up and work

Nine to five Nine to five you can Woah oh oh oh

Lose your mind

Workin' nine to five Workin' nine to five

Nine to five Nine to five you can

Lose your mind

Workin' nine to five Nine to five Nine to five

[ALL]

It's enough! - It's enough! - It's enough!

[VIOLET]

I deserve a fat promotion...

[ALL]

For folks like me

[DORALEE & JUDY]

The tide's gonna turn...

[ALL]

Workin' nine to five!

Nine to five!