این آهنگ توسط رندی بکمن نوشته و توسط گروه کانادائی بکمن- ترنر اوردرایو در سال 1973 برای آلبوم بکمن - ترنر اوردرایو 2 اجرا شد. آهنگ الهام گرفته از زندگی تکنسینی بود که برای گروه گس هو کار می کرد(در حقیقت رندی آهنگ رو زمانی نوشت که هنوز عضو گروه گس هو بود). این تکنسین هر روز ترن ساعت 8:15 رو سوار میشد تا سر کار بیاد ( که در آهنگ به این موضوع اشاره شده). اینجا میتونید آهنگ رو در 4شیرد گوش بدین و این هم لینک یوتیوب و درنهایت متن آهنگ:
You get up every morning
From your alarm clock's warning
Take the 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 nine
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...
[Refrain]
Taking care of business every day
Taking care of business every way
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime
Work out!
If it were 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...
[Refrain]
[Spoken] Take good care of my business
When I'm away, every day whoo!
[Repeat first 2 verses]
[Refrain]
Takin' care of business [4x]
[Refrain]
Takin' care of business [repeat, fade]
From your alarm clock's warning
Take the 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 nine
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...
[Refrain]
Taking care of business every day
Taking care of business every way
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine
Taking care of business and working overtime
Work out!
If it were 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...
[Refrain]
[Spoken] Take good care of my business
When I'm away, every day whoo!
[Repeat first 2 verses]
[Refrain]
Takin' care of business [4x]
[Refrain]
Takin' care of business [repeat, fade]
