He's a go-getter go-getter

When his wife gets off from work well he'll go get her



Now I've got a neighbor that lives down the road away

His wife holds down a steady job he don't turn his hand all day

I know that most of you will know the kind I'm talkin' about

The kind that rather than have to work he'd rather do without

But he's a go-getter...

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There's a group of men in the courthouse yard anytime that you go by

A playin' checkers and tradin' knives and makin' jokes about their wives

Well they'll wait all week for payday and hope that money's plenty

But the wife that worked those long hard hours never gets a penny

But he's a go-getter...

When his wife gets off from work well he'll go get her