From the albums Second Helping, Skynyrd's Innyrds.

Seven years of hard luck
Coming down on me
From the Lord above,
yea, up in Nashville, Tennessee

I worked in every joint you can name,
Every honky-tonk.
Along come this Yankee slicker,
Said, Maybe you're what I want.

Want you to sign a contract,
Want you to sign today,
Gonna give you lots of money
Workin' for MCA.

Nine thousand dollars,
That's all we could win,
But we smiled at the Yankee slicker
With a big ol' Southern grin.

They gonna take me out to California,
Gonna make me a super-star.
Just pay me all my money
Or maybe you won't get a star.

Want you to sign a contract,
Want you to sign today,
Gonna give you lots of money
Workin' for MCA.

Oh, slickers steal my money
Since I was seventeen.
If it ain't some pencil pusher,
Then it's got to be a honky-tonk queen.

When I sign my contract, baby,
I want you people to know,
That every penny that I make,
I want to see where my money goes.

Want you to sign a contract,
Want you to sign today,
Gonna give you lots of money
Workin' for MCA.

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