Salaryman / Private Hell

[JakeWasHere]

There seem to be a lot of incidents in anime related to offices, buildings, and business in general. I suggest someone montage this to a nice, fast moving song...

There's two classic rock pieces that come to mind - although one may not be appropriate because it used to be the theme to THE DREW CAREY SHOW.

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FIVE O'CLOCK WORLD as performed by The Vogues (and covered by Bowling for Soup)

Up every morning just to keep my job
I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob
Sounds of the city pounding in my brain
While another day goes down the drain

But it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows
No one owns a piece of my time
And there's a five o'clock me inside my clothes
Thinking that the world looks fine, yeah

Trading my time for the pay I get
Living on money that I ain't made yet
I keep going, trying to make my way
While I live for the end of the day

'Cuz it's a five o'clock world when the whistle blows
No one owns a piece of my time
And there's a long-haired girl who waits, I know
To ease my troubled mind, yeah

In the shelter of her arms everything's OK
When she talks then the world goes slipping away
And I know the reason I can still go on
When every other reason is gone

In my five o'clock world she waits for me
And nothing else matters at all
'Cuz every time my baby smiles at me
I know thats its all worthwhile, yeah

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MATTHEW AND SON as performed by Cat Stevens


Up at eight
You can't be late
For Matthew & Son, they won't wait

Watch them run
Down to Platform 1
And the eight-thirty train to Matthew & Son

Matthew & Son, the work's never done
There's always something new
The files in your head you carry to bed
You're never ever through
'Cuz they've been working all day, all day, all day

There's a five minute break
And that's all you can take
For a cup of cold coffee and a piece of cake

Matthew & Son, the work's never done
There's always something new
The files in your head you carry to bed
You're never ever through
'Cuz they've been working all day, all day, all day

He's got people who've been working for fifty years
No one asks for more money 'cuz nobody cares
Even though they're running low and their rent's in arrears

Matthew and Son
Matthew and Son
Matthew and Son
Matthew and Son
And they've been working all day, all day, all day

Matthew and Son
Matthew and Son (dc. to fade)