Hey you with the guitar
  Where did you play last night?
  I do believe it was in Memphis
  But I can't remember right now
  'Cause I been foul politicin'
  And I acted in peem to bay
  I had to get up five this morning
  With them bells playing in my head
    Sometimes I work so hard
  I'm gonna play my fingers to the bone
  Well, I've been boogie, boogie
  Boogie on my way back home
    Well, I've been workin' every night
  For the place's my meets in the east
  I'm gonna finish up tomorrow night
  And turn myself a plane back east
  I'm gonna do my work so I can
  Help my pain and rest
  Well, I'll be back here someday soon
  Hope I can give my best
    Sometimes I work so hard
  I'm gonna play my fingers to the bone
  I'm gonna boogie, boogie
  Boogie on my way back home
  Yeah
    Well, my axe is gettin' rusty
  And an old sloven I'm seemin' to be
  The throat is gettin' dusty
  For it's gone that I had drifty hands
  Well, I've been up for hot bringin'
  And I had to get my man to pay
  I had to catch a plane this morning
  With them bells ringing in my head
    Sometimes I work so hard
  I'm gonna, gonna play my fingers to the bone, hooh
  Well, now I can boogie, boogie
  Boogie on my way back home
    Said now I can boogie, boogie
  Boogie on my way back home
    I can boogie, boogie
  Boogie on my way back home