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Carl Perkins – Give Me Back My Job (1996) | Track profile | Dork

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Carl Perkins
Go Cat Go!
Give Me Back My Job

TRACK

Give Me Back My Job

Release date: 1996

From Go Cat Go!

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About This Track

"Give Me Back My Job" is a track by Carl Perkins, from the album Go Cat Go!, released 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Give Me Back My Job

I don't want your millions mister

I can't use no diamond ring

I want the right just to live mister

Give me back my job again

I don't want your Rolls Royce mister

I can't use your pleasure yacht

I want some food for these children

Give me back my job again

We work to build this country mister

While you enjoy your life of ease

And you steal all that we build mister

See them folks, they starve and freeze

I don't want your millions mister

I can't use no diamond ring

I want the right to live mister

Give me back my job again

No I don't want your millions mister

I can't use no diamond ring

I want the right to live mister

Give me back My job again

I don't want your food stamps mister

And that welfare line don't interest me

Give me a chance to earn my wages

And give me back my old job please

Songwriters: Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash

Bono, Willie Nelson and Tom Petty

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Go Cat Go!

1996

Album

Release year

1996

—Distance Makes No Difference with Love
—My Old Friend
—Honey Don't (1996)
—Give Me Back My Job
—Matchbox (1996)
—Wild Texas Wind
—Blue Suede Shoes
—Restless (1996)
—One More Shot
—A Mile Out of Memphis
—Rockabilly Music

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Carl Perkins — Live in Paris
Carl Perkins — Because You're Mine / Where the Rio de Rosa Flows
Carl Perkins — Cat Clothes / All Mamas Children
Carl Perkins — Honey, Don’t!
Carl Perkins — The Lost Acetate
Carl Perkins — Pointed Toe Shoes
Carl Perkins — Mustang Wine
Carl Perkins — Her Love Rubbed Off / Problem Child
Carl Perkins — Put Your Cat Clothes On / Stop the World
Carl Perkins — Honey Don't (1996) (from Go Cat Go!)
Carl Perkins — Rockabilly Music (from Go Cat Go!)
Carl Perkins — A Mile Out of Memphis (from Go Cat Go!)
Carl Perkins — One More Shot (from Go Cat Go!)
Carl Perkins — Restless (1996) (from Go Cat Go!)
Carl Perkins — Wild Texas Wind (from Go Cat Go!)
Carl Perkins — Matchbox (1996) (from Go Cat Go!)
Carl Perkins — Distance Makes No Difference with Love (from Go Cat Go!)
Carl Perkins — My Old Friend (from Go Cat Go!)
Carl Perkins — Half the Time
Carl Perkins — Pink Cadillac
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes / Boppin’ the Blues
Carl Perkins — Hambone / Love Makes Dreams Come True
Carl Perkins — Charlene / Love Makes Dreams Come True
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes / Raunchy
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes
Carl Perkins — Sixteen Candles / Rock and Roll (Fais-Do-Do)
Carl Perkins — Birth of Rock and Roll / Rock and Roll (Fais Do Do)
Carl Perkins — Class of ’55 / We Remember the King
Carl Perkins — Medley: That's Alright Mama / Blue Moon of Kentucky / Night Train to Memphis / Amen
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes / Born to Boogie
Carl Perkins — Boppin’ the Blues / Matchbox
Carl Perkins — Giants of Rock
Carl Perkins — We Did in 54 / I Don’t Want to Fall in Love Again
Carl Perkins — Rock-A-Billy Fever
Carl Perkins — The Monkeyshine
Carl Perkins — Standing in the Need of Love / Georgia Court Room
Carl Perkins — The Elvis Presley Express
Carl Perkins — Caldonia / Sweethearts a Stranger
Carl Perkins — Mustang Wine / The Whole World Misses You (Elvis We Love You)
Carl Perkins — Little Tear Drops
Carl Perkins — Take Me Back
Carl Perkins — The E.P. Express
Carl Perkins — Low Class / You’ll Always Be a Lady to Me
Carl Perkins — Sing My Song / Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town
Carl Perkins — Help Me Dream / You Tore My Heaven All to Hell
Carl Perkins — (Let’s Get) Dixiefried / One More Loser Goin’ Home
Carl Perkins — High on Love
Carl Perkins — The Trip
Carl Perkins — Me Without You
Carl Perkins — Cotton Top
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes / Only You
Carl Perkins — My Son, My Sun / State of Confusion
Carl Perkins — All Mama’s Children / Step Aside
Carl Perkins — Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsy / Little Man
Carl Perkins — Restless / 11-43
Carl Perkins — Champaign, Illinois
Carl Perkins — C. C. Rider (You’re So Bad) / Soul Beat
Carl Perkins — Lake County Cotton Country / It’s You
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes / Dixie Fried
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes / Matchbox
Carl Perkins — You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country / Without You
Carl Perkins — Shine, Shine, Shine / Almost Love
Carl Perkins — My Old Home Town / Back to Tennessee
Carl Perkins — Country Boy’s Dream / If I Could Come Back
Carl Perkins — Mama of My Song / One of These Days
Carl Perkins — Big Bad Blues / Lonely Heart
Carl Perkins — Help Me Find My Baby
Carl Perkins — After Sundown / I Wouldn’t Have You
Carl Perkins — The Monkeyshine / Let My Baby Be
Carl Perkins — Forget Me (Next Time Around) / I’ve Just Got Back From There
Carl Perkins — For a Little While / Help Me Find My Baby
Carl Perkins — Hollywood City
Carl Perkins — Sister Twister / Hambone
Carl Perkins — Anyway the Wind Blows
Carl Perkins — Honey, Cause I Love You / Just for You
Carl Perkins — L-O-V-E-V-I-L-L-E / Too Much for a Man to Understand
Carl Perkins — Highway of Love
Carl Perkins — I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore
Carl Perkins — Glad All Over
Carl Perkins — Hey Good Lookin'
Carl Perkins — Levi Jacket (and a Long Tail Shirt)
Carl Perkins — Lend Me Your Comb
Carl Perkins — Y-O-U
Carl Perkins — Pink Pedal Pushers / Jive After Five
Carl Perkins — Glad All Over / Lend Me Your Comb
Carl Perkins — That's Right / Forever Yours
Carl Perkins — Matchbox / Your True Love
Carl Perkins — Dixie Fried / I'm Sorry, I'm Not Sorry
Carl Perkins — Boppin' the Blues / All Mama's Children
Carl Perkins — Blue Suede Shoes / Honey, Don't!
Carl Perkins — Let the Juke Box Keep on Playing / Gone, Gone, Gone
Carl Perkins — Movie Magg / Turn Around

Blue Suede Shoes
Blue Suede Shoes / Boppin’ the Blues
Cotton Top
Honey, Don’t!
Pointed Toe Shoes
(Let’s Get) Dixiefried / One More Loser Goin’ Home
A Mile Out of MemphisGo Cat Go!
After Sundown / I Wouldn’t Have You
All Mama’s Children / Step Aside
Anyway the Wind Blows

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Credits

Writer: Jim Garland
Producer: Jim McCullough (Producer)