I got the knee knockin’
Cold cockin’
Check dockin’
IRS blues,
You knows I do’s.
I got the heart achin’
Back breakin’
Keep takin’
IRS blues.
You pay your dues.
They levied on my Caddy.
Lawyer, tell me what to do.
Yes, tell me true.
You say there’s Chapter 7, Chapter 11,
Chapter 13, too.
Bankruptcy do?
You say there’s Chapter 7, Chapter 11,
Chapter 13, too.
Now tell me true.
But I’ll lose my boat and jewelry?
My car and guitar too?
Lord, what to do?
A month after Christmas
Don’t have a dime.
And now I owes them money
For working overtime.
The harder I keep trying’
The deeper is my debt.
But one out of five voted
Ross for Boss.
And you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
I got the cash drainin’
Maintainin’
Barely hangin’
IRS blues,
Oh, yes, I do’s.
Sam says I owes him money,
Lawyer, tell me what to do—
We’re payin’ corporations
To keep from growing wheat—
When babies in the ghetto
Can’t get enough to eat
It’s hard to keep on playing
When your Uncle stacks the deck.
I don’t grow wheat either.
Hey Sam, where is my check?
I got the back bitin,
Hog tyin’
Can’t fight ‘em,
IRS blues.
Oh, yes, I do’s.
They’ve frozen all my money
Lawyer, tell me what to do.
I went to pay the tax man,
Asked what’s this going for?
He said to pay the interest
On that crazy Asian war.
But son that’s not the worst part.
Because I swear it’s true,
We’ve paid not a penny of principle
since W W two.
I got the bad luckin’
Keep truckin’
Blood suckin’
IRS blues.
And ain’t been kissed.
They took my house and Harley.
Lawyer, tell me what to do.