Bettye LaVette - Lazy (And I Know It) Lyrics

one time i had a real job
it didn't thrill me
they put me on a desk job
it liked to kill me
i was supposed to do something
i can't think what it was

don't you understand me
i got to be myself
movin up the ladder
that's for someone else
people say i'm lazy
but i'm workin hard in my mind...yeah yeah

lazy and i know it
what you gonna do
wastin all your energy
tryin to make me be like you
tell the truth now baby
don't you wanna dream sometime

bust ass for 3 months coast for 9
catch me in the night club closing time
mama said some day baby
you gotta stop your messing around

it's not that i'm above it...the daily grinding
lucky and i know it...so never mind me
waitin on the weekend
never was my style

lazy and i know it
what you gonna do
wastin all your energy
tryin to make me be like you
tell the truth now baby
don't you wanna dream sometime