Seven years of hard luck, comin' down on me   From the Florida border, yeah it's up to Nashville Tennessee   I worked in every joint you can name, mister every honky tonk   Along come Mr. Yankee Slicker, said' "Maybe you're what I want"      Want you to sign your contract   Want you to sign today   Gonna give you lots of money   Workin' for MCA      9,000 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, mister maybe you won't get a scar      Want you to sign your contract   Want you to sign today   Gonna give you lots of money   Workin' for MCA      Slickers took my money, since I was 17   If it ain't no pencil pusher, it got to be a honkytonk queen   But I'll sign my contract baby, and I won't you people to know   Every penny that I make, I've gotta see where my money goes      Want you to sign your contract   Want you to sign today   Gonna give you lots of money   Workin' for MCA