Seven years of hard luck, comin´ down on me
From the Florida border, yea up to Nashville Tennessee
I worked in every joint you can name, mister every honkytonk
Along come Mr Yankee Slicker, sayin´ maybe you´re what I want

Want you to sign your contract
Want you to sign today
Gonna give you lots of money
Workin´ For MCA

9000 dollars, that´s all we could win
But we smiled at the Yankee Slicker with a big ol´ Southern grin
They´re gonna take me out to California gonna make me a superstar
Just pay me all of my money and mister maybe you won´t get a scar

Want you to sign your contract
Want you to sign today
Gonna give you lots of money
Workin´ For MCA

Suckers took my money since I was seventeen
If it ain´t no pencil pusher, it got to be a honkytonk queen
But I´ll sign my contract baby, and I wan´t you people to know
That every penny that I make, I´m gonna see where my money goes

Want you to sign your contract
Want you to sign today
Gonna give you lots of money
Workin´ For MCA