2:26
single, 1967
Written by Allen Toussaint
Fun fact: Lee Dorsey tried his hand as a featherweight boxer, fighting under the name Kid Chocolate. In this song, originally a B-side, the narrator bemoans his dearth of pecuniary opportunities ("the roof is leaking and the rent ain't paid"), and needs to find gainful employment. It could serve as an answer song to the Silhouette's "Get a Job" recorded a decade earlier, but there aren't, to my ears, any definite callbacks. Dorsey sings the lyrics in a whiny, sad-sack voice that fits the material.
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