Career Boy

"**Career Boy**" is a song by Dorian Electra. It served as the first single from their debut studio album *Flamboyant* and is the second track on the album. It was released on June 1, 2018 alongside a music video. The music video currently has over 1 million views, making it Electra's third most-viewed video on their YouTube channel.

## Theme

In an interview with Papermag, Dorian said, “‘Career Boy’ is about the addiction to work that our modern society forces us to have in order to succeed. It’s about someone who learns to love the pain of the endless grind and who gets off to working overtime for ‘the man,’ despite the long hours and loneliness.

I wanted to subvert and poke fun at this masculine ideal of the manly-businessman-hero and tear him apart and also make him very queer. I identify as gender fluid and it feels really liberating to be able to put out a pop song referring to myself as ‘boy.’"

## Lyrics

**[Intro]**

Career boy (Career boy)

Working overtime (Working overtime)

Career boy (I'm a career boy)

One thing on my mind (Got one thing on my mind)

**[Verse 1]**

Cheap office coffee

Stays pumping through my veins

(Pumping through my veins now)

I work for the man, yeah

But you know I love the chains

(I love the chains)

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I can never fight the feeling

I stay up all night

Workin' so hard after hours

Till I see the sunlight

Stuck up in the office tower

You know it's pure joy

And that's my superpower

I'm a career boy

**[Chorus]**

Career boy

You know they got me working overtime, yeah

Career boy

And you know I got that one track mind, oh yeah

**[Post-Chorus]**

Even after I get what I want

I can see baby, baby

That it's lonely at the top, yeah

Career boy

Nothing is ever gonna make me stop

**[Verse 2]**

Business and pleasure

I like to mix the two (Mix it up, mix it up)

Hangin' in the break room

Mixin' it with you

**[Pre-Chorus]**

I can never fight the feeling

I stay up all night

Workin' so hard after hours

Till I see the sunlight

Stuck up in the office tower

You know it's pure joy

And that's my superpower

I'm a career boy

**[Chorus]**

Career boy (Career boy)

You know they got me working overtime, yeah

(Working overtime, yeah)

Career boy (Career boy)

And you know I got that one track mind, oh yeah

(One track mind)

**[Post-Chorus]**

Even after I get what I want

I can see baby, baby

That it's lonely at the top (Top)

Yeah

Career boy (Career boy)

Nothing is ever gonna make me stop

(Make me want to stop)

**[Bridge]**

I'm addicted to the work, I

I love the way it hurts, I (Uh)

The suits and pencil skirts

I get what I need 'cause I'm greedy for it

'Cause I'm addicted to the pressure (Addicted to the pressure)

Yeah, but the burden is a pleasure (Burden is a pleasure)

Come on, hit me with your ledger

Close to the edge, face down on the desk, I'm

**[Chorus]**

Career boy (Career boy)

You know they've got me working overtime, yeah

(Working overtime, yeah)

Career boy (Career boy)

And you know I've got that one track mind

(One track mind)

**[Post-Chorus]**

Even after I get what I want

I can see baby, baby

That it's lonely at the top (Top)

Yeah

**[Chorus]**

Career boy (Career boy)

Nothing is ever gonna make me stop (Make me want to stop)

Career boy (Career boy)

Nothing is ever gonna make me stop

## References

1. ↑ http://www.papermag.com/dorian-electra-career-boy-2574327718.html