The Big Payback (Single B-side - 1982)

The Big Payback - Bruce Springsteen

I bought a scooter and I rented a shack

Out in the sun by the railroad track

I got a job and I'm a-breakin' my back

Workin' and workin' for the big payback

I keep a puttin' and a puttin' out

I keep a sweatin' like a hog and all

I work so long that I'm a losin' track

Waitin' waitin' on the big payback

Well it's a wham bam thank you ma'am

God damn ring out sam

I took on that train rumblin' down this track

They got your neck in the noose

You're draggin' long in back

Chasin' and chasin' the big payback

Oh what my foreman does well I don't know

He just throws me a shovel

And yells "go bobby go"

Oh well-a all day long he's just a busy wise crack

While I'm sweatin' and sweatin' the big payback

Well it's a wham bam thank you ma'am

God damn ring out sam

I took on that train rumblin' down the track

They got your neck in the noose

Your hands are tied up in back

And you're a-workin'

And workin' for the big payback

I quit that job and mister I ain't goin' back

Got me a knife and she's a long and bad

I'll tell you how I make the peace with that man

Down in the alley of the big payback

I go a wham bam thank you ma'am

God damn c'mon man

You're a goin' to that train rumblin' down this track

I got your neck in the noose

And I don't give a damn jack

I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback

I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback

I'm on that long lost highway of the big payback