the sun is comin up i gotta drag my butt out of bed my phone is ringin boss is screamin where the hell you at i grab a cup of coffee tell him it won t be too long but he don t know i m waitin on something better to come along there s gotta be something better than nine to five every day barely gettin by workin slavin always achin way too young for my back to be breakin waitin on that rainbow tell me where s that pot of gold everyone is laughin from a distance when they see me clockin in well they ll all be here in twenty years cussin bout the same old things they stay late like a slave and wake up at the break of dawn they don t know i m waitin for something better to come along there s gotta be something better than nine to five every day barely gettin by workin slavin always achin way too young for my back to be breakin waitin on that rainbow tell me where s that pot of gold there s gotta be something better than nine to five every day barely gettin by workin slavin always achin way too young for my back to be breakin waitin on that rainbow tell me where s that pot of gold well i take her out on friday cause my baby likes to paint the town the way she treats her man makes me think about settlin down i told her that i love her she said let s just hold on man i think she s waitin on something better to come along yeah hear she comes ah let s go