He’s a Go-Getter Songtext
von Dolly Parton

Now I′d like to do a song for you now
That I wrote about a lot of people in my hometown
And I know that in everybody's hometown
We got some of these kind of people that I′m gonna sing about
And if you don't believe it, you could go by the courthouse and watch him sittin' down there
Whittling and a-spittin′ back and telling big tales
It′s a song called, "He's a Go Getter"

He′s a go-getter, go-getter
When his wife gets off from work, well, he'll go get her


Now I′ve got a neighbor that lives down the road aways
His wife holds down a steady job, he don't turn his hand all-day
I know that most of you will know the kind I′m talking about
The kind that rather than have to work yeah he'd rather do without

But he's a go-getter, go-getter
When his wife gets off from work, well, he′ll go get her

There′s a group of men in the courthouse yard anytime that you go by
Playin' checkers and swappin′ knives and makin' jokes about their wives
They′ll wait all week for payday and they hope that money's plenty
And the wife that worked those long hard hours, she never gets a penny

But he′s a go-getter, go-getter
When his wife gets off from work, well, he'll go get her
Yeah, when his wife gets off from work, he'll go get her