He's a go-getter a go-getter

When his wife gets off from work 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 talking about

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

But he's a go-getter 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

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

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

But he's a go-getter...

Yes he's a go-getter...

He's a go-getter...