Jobs and Occupations

[MaVolta]

I don’t remember doing this subject. If we did, it was years forever ago. 😸

There should be a lot of these songs, titles or lyrics with jobs or occupations, etc.

Journeyman - Blackmore’s Night

Journeyman - Iron Maiden

From Wikipedia —- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journeyman

The term "journeyman" was originally used in the medieval trade guilds. Journeymen were paid daily and the word "journey" is derived from journée, meaning "whole day" in French. Each individual guild generally recognised three ranks of workers: apprentices, journeymen, and masters. A journeyman, as a qualified tradesman, could become a master and run their own business, but most continued working as employees.[3]

[1968Hoya46]

North To Alaska:  Johnny Horton  (Prospectors in Alaska looking for gold).

[EricC28201]

Just browsing, and the reply at the top of the stack reminded me of:

Teacher - Jethro Tull

[1968Hoya46]

Bad Boy: Larry Williams; Beatles (teacher, juke box man, barber)

[MaVolta]

End Of The innocence - Don Henley

The lawyers dwell on small details 

Since daddy had to fly

The lawyers clean up all details

Since daddy had to lie

[1968Hoya46]

P.T. 109: Jimmy Dean (A Naval Lieutenant and his crew of sailors).

[ls1873]

      Mr. Cab Driver     Lenny Kravitz

[EricC28201]

Pocket Calculator - Kraftwerk

I'm the operator
With my pocket calculator
I'm the operator
With my pocket calculator

 This one is from Computer World, and I still remember listening to Ralf und Florian on 8-Track.

[1968Hoya46]

Don't Be Cruel: Elvis  (Let's walk up to the preacher/And let us say I do).

[BobH07]

I Wanna Learn A Love Song:  Harry Chapin

           For seven years she married to a concrete king

[1968Hoya46]

The Boll Weevil Song: Brook Benton (Pity the poor farmer)

[MaVolta]

The Entertainer - Billy Joel

[BobH07]

So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star:  Byrds

[BobH07]

Ride Captain Ride:  Blues Image

[BobH07]

Jailhouse Rock:  The warden threw a party

[BobH07]

Wagon Wheel:  Old Crow Medicine Show, Darius Rucker

                            I caught a trucker out of Philly

[BobH07]

My Baby Must Be A Magician:  Marvelettes

[MaVolta]

Get Over It - Don Henley

The more I think about it ol' Billy was right
Let's kill all the lawyers kill 'em tonight 
You don't wanna work you wanna live like a
King but the big bad world doesn't owe you a thing
Get over it

[1968Hoya46]

On The Road Again: Dylan  (The mailman comes in/Even he's gotta take a side/Even the butler/ He's got something to prove).

[EricC28201]

Follow Me Home - Dire Straits

Oh well the priest, he cries
'Virgin ascending to the skies tonight'
All day long
I've passed my time alone.

[BobH07]

Don't You Want Me:  Human League 

                                     You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

[BobH07]

Glory Days: .Bruce - I had a friend who was a big ball player

[BobH07]

One Night In Bangkok:  Murray Head - your massage parlors

[BobH07]

Boom Like That:  Mark Knopler - they opened a new place, flipping meat

[BobH07]

Telegraph Road:  Dire Straits. -  then came the lawyers

[1968Hoya46]

Sunny Afternoon: Kinks  (The tax man's taken all my dough)

[1968Hoya46]

Take A Letter Maria: R.B. Greaves (...a good secretary to me)(send a copy to my lawyer).

[EricC28201]

Empathological Necroticism - Carcass

The morbid, muted body
Is dissected, lacerated and shred -
Life is hard as a mortuary technician
The fumes go straight to my head...

[1968Hoya46]

Sounds like an upbeat tune, easy to dance to...

[EricC28201]

Lol @1968Hoya46 

They are a bit closer to the fringe than alot of bands.  They've been around, off-and-on and in a few different iterations since the 1980's.

...Kinda like Mindless Self Indulgence I can't say what it is about their music that prompts me to keep tabs on them, but I do.  Not like a Fan or Groupie, just take a listen from time to time.

[1968Hoya46]

Tossin' And Turnin': Bobby Lewis  (I heard the milkman at the door).