Listen to the song “9 to 5” by Dolly Parton. Fill in the missing words. The missing words rhyme, or nearly rhyme, with the words in bold.

ambition / don’t you / get me / givin’ / jumpin’ / ladder
let it / promotion / the day / wallet / your way

Tumble out of bed and I stumble to the kitchen
Pour myself a cup of ___________________
And yawn and stretch and try to come to life
Jump in the shower and the blood starts pumpin‘
Out on the street, the traffic starts ___________________
With folks like me on the job from 9 to 5

Workin’ 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin‘
Barely gettin’ by, it’s all takin’ and no ___________________
They just use your mind and they never give you credit
It’s enough to drive you crazy if you ___________________
9 to 5, for service and devotion
You would think that I would deserve a fair ___________________
Want to move ahead, but the boss won’t seem to let me
I swear sometimes that man is out to ___________________

They let you dream just to watch ’em shatter
You’re just a step on the bossman’s ___________________
But you’ve got dreams he’ll never take away
In the same boat with a lot of your friends
Waitin’ for ___________________ your ship’ll come in
And the tide’s gonna turn and it’s all gonna roll ___________________ 

Workin’ 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’
Barely gettin’ by, it’s all takin’ and no givin’
They just use your mind and you never get the credit
It’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it
9 to 5, yeah, they got you where they want you
There’s a better life, and you think about it, ___________________?
It’s a rich man’s game, no matter what they call it
And you spend your life puttin’ money in his ___________________

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