Janie Jones

This song is about a regular blue collar worker who has a rough time with his job so he relies on drugs and a prostitute to relieve his stress. Eventually his stress catches up to him and he gets laid off, and he decides to tell off his boss. At the end I think Joe is trying to say that if you have a job you don't like, tell your boss to shove it and find another one you enjoy doing.

i thought it was 'BLOW job'. i thought that sounded cool

From my understanding Janie Jones was a prostitute in London back in the 70s. She would cater to working stiffs, regular Joes.

"He's in love with rock'n'roll woaahh He's in love with gettin' stoned woaahh He's in love with Janie Jones But he don't like his boring job, no... "

Just like it says, describing a man who does drugs, listens to rock n' roll, visits Janie Jones ( a prostitute ) often, and hates his job.

"An' he knows what he's got to do So he knows he's gonna have fun with you You lucky lady! An' he knows when the evening comes When his job is done he'll be over in his car for you "

-After work he visits the prostitute to relieve all his stress and tensions. He looks forward to it everyday.

"An' in the in-tray lots of work But the boss at the firm always thinks he shirks But he's just like everyone, he's got a Ford Cortina That just won't run without fuel Fill her up, Jacko! "

His thinks his boss is giving him too much work for not enough money. He thinks he has bills to pay, fuel to put in his car, and his paycheck ain't big enough for the large amount of work he does. He's gonna tell off his boss, let a few things off his chest.

"Let them know - how you feel"

If you have a job you hate, that's too much work and grovel for not enough money. Tell your boss off and find one you like doing. Stick your middle finger up slowly and stick it in his face, and tell him to take his job and stuff it. That's all you gotta do.

Actually Janie Jones was a famous madam of the 70s - which means she ran a social escort (prostitution) service. The other explanations are right. Of course, in the 70s in Britain the shitty jobs were the only ones available, so letting your employers know how you really felt about your job was widely discouraged. But listening to a song that implies it's a good idea is pretty liberating.

i think a thanks is in order for punkintended and baller, because i honostly couldnt make head or tails of this song for a really long time.

but now, i've seen the light.

i gotta say i think he's not being unequivocal here. the "you lucky lady" bit suggests that the guy doesn't treat the woman, hooker, or whoever any better than his boss treats him. happens all the time. plus, at least the guy's got a desk job-- however boring or low-paying it is, it's still a hell of a lot less dangerous than whoring.

the Situationists wrote "NEVER WORK" all over the streets of Paris in the 1960s, influencing the Pistols and the Clash and the rest of the punks. This song is why.

Everybody HATES going to work.There is always something better you could be doing.

i love this song so much. i don't quite get what it's about. it kind of seems like he's warning janie jones about this guy but then it kind of seems like he's talking about the guy. it doesn't make much sense what it's about to me.