Takin’ Care of Business
Photo courtesy of Pictor Photo Archives
This University of Texas student was photographed in a business suit. Her suit is a royal blue skirt and belted, short-sleeve top with gold buttons on big pockets. She has on a bola hat and black gloves, and has a gold necklace around her neck. Our model was photographed on the University of Texas at Austin campus back in 1993.
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
–Takin’ Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
The music video is Takin’ Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. The song was written by Randy Backman while he was in the band The Guess Who. The original title was “The White Collar Worker”. It was recorded for their 1973 album Bachman–Turner Overdrive II.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive: TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS
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]