[Verse 1]
A fire started in my heart, it burns and burns
Hope keeps my heart going, it hopes and hopes
Her hands are white and soft, her nails are polished
Where should I hide these calloused palms?
She brought her car to our repair shop yesterday
I was struck the moment I saw her and started to love
Her long skirt, her wavy hair

My boss called out from a distance: “Son, pick up these tools!”
My boss called out from a distance: “Son, pick up these tools!”

[Verse 2]
I’d read something similar in a novel once
It was an expensive book with a glossy hard cover
Don’t know how or why, but the young girl had fallen in love
With the mechanic’s apprentice in a situation just like this
I said to the boss: “Let me not wear the overalls today”
I combed my hair in my mirror with a bird on its back
She’d come back today to pick up the car

And maybe to make the dream in that novel come true
And maybe to make the dream in that novel come true

[Verse 3]
Time stopped, everything stopped, as she walked in through the door
Time stopped, everything stopped, as she walked in through the door
I just stood there staring, without moving my eyes
I just stood there staring, without moving my eyes
I opened the car’s door so she could get in
I opened the car’s door so she could get in
She raised her crescent eyebrows, and asked: “Who’s this bum?”
She raised her crescent eyebrows, and asked: “Who’s this bum?”
She drove away and I was engulfed in her exhaust fumes
With heavy teardrops in my eyes, I slowly straightened up
My boss patted me on the back and said: “Forget about the novels”
“You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls.”
“You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls.”
You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls
You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls
You’re a worker, stay a worker. Wear your overalls

[Outro]
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker
You’re a worker, stay a worker