(Ed King - Ronnie VanZant). Seven years of hard luck comin' down on me. From the Florida border yea up to Nashville Tennessee. I worked in every joint you can name mister every honkytonk. Along come Mr Yankee Slicker sayin' maybe you're what I want. (Chorus). Want you to sign your contract. Want you to sign today. Gonna give you lots of money. Workin' For MCA. 9000 dollars that's all we could win. But we smiled at the Yankee Slicker with a big ol' Southern grin. They're gonna take me out to California gonna make me a superstar. Just pay me all of my money and mister maybe you won't get a scar. (Chorus). Suckers took my money since I was seventeen. If it ain't no pencil pusher it got to be a honkytonk queen. But I'll sign my contract baby and I wan't you people to know. That every penny that I make I'm gonna see where my money goes. (Chorus).