Unemployment was a big issue in 1993 – the gig economy hadn’t been invented for a start. Quite a lot of my lyrics related to the topic.
I was unsure whether or not this one was used, until I found this letter – click here.
It’s perhaps not the very best of them and is generic in nature. Some decent lines though and it seems it gre on me when I saw it performed.
WILL HE EMPLOY ME TOMORROW?
(To the Tune of “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”)
VERSE 1
Each day I slog completely, {Sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha,}
To keep my boss repletely, {Sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha,}
Tonight my fright may well be mortified, {Aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa},
Will he employ me tomorrow? {Will he employ you tomorrow?}
VERSE 2
This permanent employment, {Sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha,}
Seems like transient deployment? {Sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha,}
Can I believe these are P45s. {Aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa},
He won’t employ me tomorrow. {He won’t employ you tomorrow}
MIDDLE BIT
For years with words unspoken,
I earned my pay by working hard;
But now my contract’s broken,
I’ve been sent {s/he’s been sent} to the knack- {to the knack-} ers yard.
VERSE 3
I’d like to hope that your boss, {Sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha,}
Does not treat staff like old dross;{Sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha, sha-la-lub-sha,}
So tell me now cos if you think he’s kind, {Aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa},
He may employ me tomorrow. {He may employ you tomorrow?}
I’ll crawl and plead if you don’t think he’ll mind, {Aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa, aaaaaaaa},
Oh please employ me tomorrow? {Oh please employ him/her tomorrow?}
Here is an embedded vid of the Shirelles singing “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” – and if you click through to YouTube on this link you can also read the lyrics: