You get up in the morning from alarm clock's warning At 8: 15 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 9 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 We've been taking care of business, it's all mine Taking care of business and working overtime Work out ♪ If it look 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 Taking care of business, it's all mine Taking care of business Yeah, it's alright ♪ Clap your hands, you can come up and dance You wanna come up here? Last song, party time, come on It looks like you're singing this song Taking care of business ♪ Takin' care of business every day You are in the U.S.A You are so fine Keep on workin' overtime Taking care of business Taking care of business Taking care of business Takin' care of business One more time, we can Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business Takin' care of business