Overtime pay for overtime work.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, hey!
We'll never quit and we'll never shirk.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, raise our pay!

CHORUS:

Pay, pay, overtime pay.
We'll work all night and we'll work all day!
We'll work till we chase all the fascists away.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, raise our pay!

(Repeat after each verse)

Overtime pay for overtime work.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, hey!
Don't stuff reaction inside your shirt.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, raise our pay!

Overtime pay for overtime work.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, hey!
We wanna work the American way.
Time and half's the American way!

Overtime pay for overtime work.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, hey!
We'll work like horses, but we can't eat hay.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, raise our pay!

I looked over Jordan and what did I see?
Hey, Mr. Congressman, hey!
Twenty-nine creditors a-chasin' after me.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, raise our pay!

Overtime pay for overtime work.
Hey, Mr. Congresman, hey!
The cost of living's risin' like the temperature in May
It's gettin' awful hot! It's gettin' hot!
It's gettin' awful hot, Mr. Congressman, ain't it!

Overtime pay for overtime work.
Hey, Mr. Congressman, hey!
You can ration our rubber, you can ration our sugar,
You can ration our gas, you can ration our girdles,
But you can't ration morale in the OPA!