Put My Chair Back

Put my chair back
Put my chair back

Put my chair back
Put my name straight
I was building in the back room
You were counting empty plates
Put my chair back
I got work to do
Don't be asking where I been
Ask what I brought through

Took a little minute, had to get the books right
Had to get my sister off another double night
Had to make a little money last a little more
Now the key in my hand fit a different door
You were playing musical chairs with my place
I was getting furniture delivered in my name
Big desk, two checks, one for my team
One for the woman who believed before the dream

Put my chair back
Put my name straight
I was building in the back room
You were counting empty plates
Put my chair back
I got work to do
Don't be asking where I been
Ask what I brought through

I don't need a rival, I need better ventilation
Room full of women making solid calculations
Payday Friday, put it on the calendar
Bigger job, bigger check, put it in the figures
They can keep the gossip, we can keep the lights on
I can hear a joke, I can let a slight go
But I got a room where the girls can take a lunch
That is how I talk when they ask what I have done

Chair back
Name straight
Whole team
Same gate

Put my chair back
Put my name straight
I was building in the back room
You were counting empty plates
Put my chair back
I got work to do
Don't be asking where I been
Ask what I brought through

Put my chair back