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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Charles F. Turner
Charles F. Turner
Bass Guitar
Norman Durkee
Norman Durkee
Piano
Bachman & Bachman
Bachman & Bachman
Percussion
Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman
Lead Vocals
Tim Bachman
Tim Bachman
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Randolf Charles Bachman
Randolf Charles Bachman
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Buzz Richmond
Buzz Richmond
Engineer
Marc Sterling
Marc Sterling
Assistant Engineer
Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You get up every morning from alarm clock's warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above and people pushing, people shoving
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 slavin' jobs and get your pay
If you ever get annoyed, look at me, I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day
[Chorus]
And I've been takin' care of business, every day
Takin' care of business, every way
I've been takin' care of business, it's all mine
Takin' care of business and working overtime, work out
[Verse 2]
If it were easy as fishing, you could be a musician
If you could make sounds loud or mellow
Get a secondhand 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
You 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
[Chorus]
And we've been takin' care of business, every day
Takin' care of business, every way
We've been takin' care of business, it's all mine
Takin' care of business and working overtime, funky
[Bridge]
Woo
All right, ow!
I love it!
Take good care of my business
When I'm away, every day
Woo!
[Verse 3]
You get up every morning from alarm clock's warning
Take the 8:15 into the city
There's a whistle up above and people pushing, people shoving
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 slavin' jobs and get your pay
If you ever get annoyed, look at me, I'm self-employed
I love to work at nothing all day
[Chorus]
And I've been takin' care of business, every day
Takin' care of business, every way
I've been takin' care of business, it's all mine
Takin' care of business and working overtime, take care
[Chorus]
Takin' care of business, woo!
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business, yo
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, working overtime, woo!
[Outro]
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
We've been takin' care of business
We've been takin' care of business, woo!
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
Written by: Randy Bachman

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