Standard (EADGBE)

Well, I had just got out from the county prison

 Doin' ninety days for non-support

Tried to find me an executive position

 But no matter how smooth I talked

They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius

 The man say, "We got all that we can use."

 Now I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'

workin' at the car wash blues

 Well, I should be sittin' in an air conditioned office

 In a swivel chair

Talkin' some trash to the secretaries

 Sayin', "Here, now mam-ma, come on over here."

Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag

 And walkin' home in soggy old shoes

 With them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'

workin' at the car wash blues

 You know a man of my ability he should be smokin' on a big cigar

 But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait

 In my rubber suit a-rubbin' these cars

 Well, all I can do is a shake my head

 You might not believe that it's true

For workin' at this end of Niagara Falls

 Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes

So baby, don't expect to see me

 With no double martini in any high-brow society news

 'Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'

workin' at the car wash blues

 Yeah, I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'

workin' at the car wash blues