You get up every morning
 
 From your alarm clocks warning
 
 Take the eight fifteen into the city
 
 There's a whistle up above
 
 And people pushin', people shovin'
 
 And the girls who try to look pretty
 
  
  And if your train's on time
 
 You can get to work by nine
 
 And start your slaving job to get your pay
 
 If you ever get annoyed
 
 Look at me, I'm self-employed
 
 I love to work at nothing all day
  
 
 And I'll be taking care of business every day
 
 Taking care of business every way
 
 I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
 
 Taking care of business and working overtime
 
 Work out
  
 
 If it were easy as fishin'
 
 You could be a musician
 
 If you could make sounds loud or mellow
 
 Get a second-hand guitar
 
 Chances are you'll go far
 
 If you get in with the right bunch of fellows
  
 
 People see you having fun
 
 Just a-lying in the Sun
 
 Tell them that you like it this way
 
 It's the work that we avoid
 
 And we're all self-employed
 
 We love to work at nothing all day
  
 
 And we be taking care of business every day
 
 Taking care of business every way
 
 I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
 
 Taking care of business and working overtime
  
 
 Take good care of my business
 
 When I'm away, every day
  
 
 You get up every morning
 
 From your alarm clocks warning
 
 Take the eight fifteen into the city
 
 There's a whistle up above
 
 And people pushin', people shovin'
 
 And the girls who try to look pretty
  
 
 And if your train's on time
 
 You can get to work by nine
 
 And start your slaving job to get your pay
 
 If you ever get annoyed
 
 Look at me I'm self-employed
 
 I love to work at nothing all day
  
 
 And I'll be taking care of business every day
 
 Taking care of business every way
 
 I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
 
 Taking care of business and working overtime
  
 
 (4x)
 
 Takin' care of business
  
 
 Takin' care of business (Every day)
 
 Takin' care of business (Every way)
 
 Takin' care of business (It's all mine)
 
 Takin' care of business (And working overtime)
  
 
 (7x)
 
 Takin' care of business