Lazy Bones Songtext

von Hoagy Carmichael

Mercer/ (sung by Paul Robeson and others)
As long as there's a chicken gravy on your rice
(I suppose) ev'rything is nice
As long as there's a water melone on the bine
Ev'rything is fine

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

Lazy bones, sleeping in the sun
How you espect to get your day's work done?
You'll never get your day's work done
Sleeping in the noon day sun

Lazy bones, sleeping in the shade
How you espect to get your corn meal made?
You'll never get your corn meal made
Sleeping in the evening shade

When them 'tatos need sprayin'
I know you keep prayin'
That the bugs fall off their vine
And when you go fishing
I bet you keep wishing
The fish won't grab at your line

You know, lazy bones, loafin' all the day
How you espect to make a dime that way?
You'll ever make a dime that way
You never hear a word I say

Lazy bones, sleeping in the sun
How you espect to get your day's work done?
You'll never get your day's work done
Sleeping in the noon day sun