Well I had just got out from the county prison

Doin' 90 days for non-support

But no matter how smooth I talked

Tried to find me an executive position

Now I got them

They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was genius

Workin' at the carwash blues.

The man said, We got all that we can use.

Steadily depressin', low down mind-messin'

Well I should be sittin' in an air conditioned

office with a swivel chair

Talkin' some trash to the secretary, sayin',

Hey now mama, come on over here.

Instead I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag

Workin' at the carwash blues

And walkin' home in soggy old shoes

With them steadily depressin', low down mind-messin'

You know a man of my ability

But till I get myself straight,

He should be smokin' on a big cigar

I guess I'll just have to wait

In my rubber suit rubbin' these cars.

Well, all I can do is just shake my head

You might not believe that it's true

For working at this end of Niagara Falls

So baby, don't 'spect to see me

Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes

With no double martini

Cause I got them

In any high-brow society news

Steadily depressin', low down mind-messin'

Workin' at the carwash blues.

So baby, don't 'spect to see me

With no double martini

In any high-brow society news

Cause I got them

Steadily depressin', low down mind-messin'

Workin' at the carwash blues.

Yeah, I got them

Workin' at the carwash blues.Steadily depressin', low down mind-messin'