Ruthie got a job And nothing went right She woke up in a nervous sweat In the middle of the night And every morning Of every day Ruthie she would end up crying, Lord And the boss would come and say Hey if you're gonna lose your mind Don't do it on company time Aw girl you're gonna lose some pay If you wanna behave that way On company time Ruthie's got a kid And he just turned two Late last year his daddy walked out Said "Now it's all up to you" The sitter called Has to leave pretty soon Ruthie asked her boss would it be alright To go home this afternoon Hey if you're always in a bind Don't do it on company time Aw girl you're gonna lose some pay If you wanna behave that way On company time Now Ruthie's upstairs On the seventh floor Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Board And every morning on the speakerphone The Chairman says "Ruthie you're driving me crazy Can we be alone" Hey if you wanna lose your mind Let's do it on company time Aw girl we're gonna raise your pay If you wanna behave that way On company time, on company time On company time, on company time