Lazybones Songtext
von Hoagy Carmichael

You′re a good-for-nothing, lazybones
Long as there is chicken gravy on your rice
Everything is nice
Long as there's a watermelon on the vine
Everything is fine

You got no time to work, you got no time to play
You′re busy doing nothing all the livelong day
But you won't ever change, no matter what I say
You're just made that way

Lazybones, sleeping in the sun
How you expect to get your day′s work done?
You′ll never get your day's work done
Sleeping in the noonday sun

Lazybones, sleeping in the shade
How you expect to get your cornmeal made?
You′ll never get your cornmeal made
Sleeping in the evening shade


Now when them taters need sprayin'
I bet you keep prayin′ that the bugs fall off of the vine
And when you go fishing, I bet you keep wishing
That the fish won't grab at your line

You′re no lazybones, loafing all the day
How you expect to make a dime that way?
You'll never make a dime that way
You never hear a word I say

Now when them taters need sprayin'
I know you keep prayin′ that the bugs fall off of the vine
And when you go fishing, I know you keep wishing
That the fish won′t grab at your line

You're no lazybones, loafing all the day
Tell me, how you expect to make a dime that way?
Oh, you′ll never make a dime that way
Well, lookie here, you never hear a word I say

Sleeping all the day
You're a good-for-nothing, lazybones