work my body in the morning work my body in the evening too work my body until the blood runs on down oh but don t you leave me crying lord knows i can t keep from sighing no more can t you feel this fever keep on a burning can t you feel this fever trying to get on out won t you try to help me hold myself up oh yeah but don t you leave me crying lord knows i can t keep from sighing no more don t you leave me dying by the wayside don t you leave me lying all dried up yeah mr boss man said i ve had me enough oh i said i know that i m dying ain t no sense you keep on asking for more can t you feel this fever keep on a burning can t you feel this fever trying to get on out can t you see i m trying to hold myself up oh but don t you leave me crying lord knows i can t keep from sighing no more mister boss man you re just a letcher you better run or i ll get you and i ain t gonna fool around no more you better understand that i m a better man and that with you i ve got a heavy score what s happened to all your plans has someone the upper hand or has someone just shut up your door