I transcribed this much from a sound sample at Yahoo! Shopping - Music. The tune is Rosin the Beau (a.k.a. Acres of Clams).

He rose before dawn ev'ry mornin'
To dreamily fall into line
And follow that bumper before him
To be on the job before nine.

His dream house of crumbling stucco
Was more like a nightmarish load.
His weekends were spent in hard labor.
He dug and he pruned and he mowed.

One night, an electrical failure...

AMG says this song was written by "Bagby/Davis". Bagby seems to have written several songs on that album.