I'm looking for a list of four or five songs that are about someone
losing their job, being fired, being laid off, etc. The entire song
needn't have the theme, but the lyrics should make reference to it at
some point.

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Clarification of Question by jhabley-ga on 13 Apr 2004 11:24 PDT

Hi Bobbie7 - wow, thanks. :)  Yep, this will more than do.

Dear Jhabley,

I'm glad that my suggestions were useful!

Sincerely,
Bobbie7

Hi Jhabley!

Do these songs meet your needs?

Eminem - Rock Bottom 
From the album "The Slim Shady LP"

Excerpt:

?My life is full of empty promises 
And broken dreams 
Im hopen things will look up 
But there aint no job openings 
I feel discouraged hungry and malnutrition'd 
Liven in this house with no furness, un-furnished 
Im sick of working dead end jobs with lame pay 
Tired of being hired and fired on the same day?

http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=IgL6XeNFiew%3D


Fastball - Nowhere Road 
From the album "All The Pain Money Can Buy"

Chorus: 
?It's a nowhere road 
It's a nowhere road 
No matter where it goes it's a 
Nowhere road 
It's a nowhere road and I'm tired 
It's a nowhere job and I'm fired 
It don't matter what they say 
You can't get there going this way?
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=HnheEU6ZbRo%3D


Kool Keith - The Girls Don't Like The Job 
From the album "Black Elvis/Lost In Space"

?Before you sign a new act, find out if they wack 
Your budget will be low, and you'll be fired, highly retired 
I'm the new boss of this company girl 
(I want you to fax yourself to China OK? Do this now) 

Chorus: Kool Keith *singing* (repeat 2X) 

The girls don't like the job 
Secretaries don't like my ways 
I hire and fire, give you checks on the spot 
I hire and fire, give you checks when it's hot?
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=t6nh3E4vDmM%3D



Spearhead - Tha Payroll (Stay Strong) 
From the album "Chocolate Superhighway" 

?A friend of mine Roberta she got a job at the post office 
she was college edjamacated but got fired up at the law office 
I'm all alone two kids at home, I need a job just any job 
so I can get back on my feet like Tina "T"(urner) 
the boss came up to her said, "why don't you come home with me" 
I'd like to see you take off your clothes for me 
she said "No way man!" 
he said "You don't understand" 
"You lose your life, you lose your job if you don't do this shift!"
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=zZt3hxmO%2FRc%3D


Defari - Likwit Connection 
From the album "Focused Daily"

?Yo, it's to the Ro, act a fool over flow 
I got the uncanny ability to cold rock a show 
I got fired from my job cuz I was late to my shift 
Cuz I was drinkin a fifth, wit John Jingle Heimer Smith?
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=dCRKIlR3eJk%3D


Rod Stewart - MOMENT OF GLORY 
From the album "Vagabond Heart"

?And meanwhile back in Boston the culprit lie thinkin' 
(trying to find the answer in a bottle of wine) 
Fired from his job and missing his children 
(he didn't care one way if he lived or died)
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=n7NS7Z5ieiE%3D


Thanks,
Bobbie7

"Downsizing Blues"
COPYRIGHT 2000 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PATRICK D. SHEDIACK

CHORUS

  They called me in,
  Gave me the news,
  Damn it, ag'in,
  The downsizing blues!

Verse 1

They had bad cash flow,
Their sales didn't grow,
But they didn't let their hand tip
'Til they gave me that damn pink slip!

http://www.bluejeansplace.com/MyBluesSongs.html

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Just One Of Those Days 
From the album "Rock The House"

?I pleaded my case but she wrote the pink slip 
then I just shoke my head I said I don't beleive this 
she sent me to the head of the discipline staff 
I tried to play it off so I started to laugh 
I said ha ha this story is great 
it's a big misunderstanding one big mistake 
he didn't think that it was funny he didn't even smile.?
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=2tcBEyZr%2FZ0%3D

If We Make It Through December
Merle Haggard

"If We Make It Through December, we'll be fine;
Gm7
Got laid off down at the fact'ry
C7 Gm7 C7 F
And their timing's not the greatest in the world;
F7 Gm7 C7 Gm7 C7 F
Heaven knows I been working hard, wanted Christmas to be right for daddy's girl;"
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=waWDSf2nHzY%3D

Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train 
From the album "Born In The U.S.A." 

"I had a job, I had a girl 
I had something going, mister, in this world 
I got laid off down at the lumber yard 
Our love went bad, times got hard 
Now I work down at the car wash 
Where all it ever does is rain 
Don't you feel like you're a rider on a downbound train."
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=Bhn17qQKD%2B0%3D

Eric Clapton - Double Trouble 
(written by: Otis Rush)


"Lay awake at night, 
Oh so low, just so troubled. 
Can't get a job, 
Laid off and I'm having double trouble."
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=rnJE3PzN4ik%3D

Pat Benatar - SUBURBAN KING 
From the album "Tropico" 

"The alarm clock rings but you don't move 
But the wife gets up and puts on her uniform 
You hear her in the bathroom 
Cause she's got that nagging cough 
You put your head under the pillow 
To forget you've been laid off 
Suburban King" 
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=qMITzWTi2og%3D

http://www.nbc.com/nbc/The_Apprentice/music/mp3/youreffffired.mp3

Do not forget the Johnny Paycheck classic, "Take This Job and Shove It."

http://www.coquet-shack.com/lyrics/Paycheck/Take_This_Job_And_Shove%20It_1072.htm

Jhabley, thank you very much for the five stars and tip!

Bobbie7

Money's Too Tight to Mention - Simply Red

I been laid off from work my rent is due
My kids all need brand new shoes
So I went to the bank to see what they could do
They said son looks like bad luck got a hold on you

Money's too tight to mention
I can't get an unemployment extension
Money's too tight to mention
http://www.mickhucknall.com

Pink Slip Blues -  Ida Cox

Just a little pink slip, in a long white envelope
Just a little pink slip, in a long white envelope
Was the end of my road, was the last ray of my only hope
After four long years, Uncle Sam done put me on the shelf
After four long years, Uncle Sam done put me on the shelf
Cause that little pink slip means you got to go for yourself
http://www.oreenscott.com/ida_cox.htm

What about "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" by The Smiths?

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But Heaven knows I'm miserable now.
I was looking for a job and then I found a job
And Heaven knows I'm miserable now.
In my life why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die?

It's kind of the other way around but it might suit your mood.