Don't Get It Done

Fresh outta college, baby faced engineer

I got a job at a monolith, what a promising career

I sat down working and they gave me a task

I banged it out in three weeks, yeah I was lightning fast

So I approached my boss and I asked for more work

She passed it along and said to wait for the word

So I went back to my desk feeling good, feeling great

But after two whole weeks, I asked her: "why the wait?"

She told me

Sit on your work boy, don't get it done

Cuz we got hours to bill, let me explain to you son

We got 16 billion in taxpayer funds

And we need an excuse to claim every single one

So bill your hours and we'll give you some

But sit on your work boy, don't get it done

We got hours to bill

So find time to kill

You should pretend like you're working

But mostly just sit still

I felt the chill, blinked back my shock

I walked back to my desk and tried not to gawk

At the workers in their cubicles, half were the sleepers

Other people reading Dilbert and playing Minesweeper

This is defense contracting, cradle of invention

Turns out it's a place to nap and get a pension

Fifteen percent of our budget goes to defense

Turns out it's only funding their third picket fence

They told me

Sit on your work boy, don't get it done

Cuz we got hours to bill, let me explain to you son

We got 16 billion in taxpayer funds

And we need an excuse to claim every single one

So bill your hours and we'll give you some

But sit on your work boy, don't get it done

So anyways, I leaned into the job they gave me

I kick back at work and they still pay me daily

Yesterday, got a raise, broke a hundred and eighty

That oughta pay for a vacay for me and my lady

Our baby's off to college now, ain't it crazy?

She flunked her second year but it don't phase me

I still got enough money for that and a Mercedes

And J-Biebs tickets, basically, I'm Jay-Z!

But lately we hired some new interns

They sit and squirm like they were staring at midterms

They seem ill contented with the way the world turns

But I know they'll learn, when they get paid, it's their turn

I tell them

Sit on your work kids, don't get it done

Cuz we got hours to bill, let me explain to you sum'm

We got 60 billion in taxpayer funds

And we need an excuse to claim every single one

So bill your hours and we'll give you some

But just sit on your work kids, don't get it done

Sit on your work kids, don't get it done

Just sit on your work and don't get it done

No, don't get it done

Don't get it done

No, don't get it done

Don't get it