The sun comes up and the sun goes down
And the hands on the clock just keep going around
I just wake up and it's time to lay down,
Life gets tee-jus, don't it

My shoe's untied, but I don't care
'Cause I don't figure on goin' nowhere,
I just have to wash and comb my hair
That's just wasted effort.

The water in the well getting lower and lower,
Can't take a bath for six months more
But I've heard it said, it's true I'm sue
That too much bathin'll weaken you.

I open the door and flies swarm in
I shut the door and I'm sweating again
And in the process I crack my shin
Just one thing after another

Ol' brown mule, he must be sick.
I gave him a jolt with a pin on a stick
He humped his back, but you know he wouldn't kick
Now there's something cock-eyed somewhere.

A mouse gnawin' on the pantry door
I guess he's been at it for a month or more
When he gets through he's sure gonna be sore
Well there ain't a dang thing in it.

Hound dog howlin' so forlorn
That's the laziest dawg that ever was born
He's howlin' 'cause he's sittin' there on a thorn
And aust too tired to move over.

Tin roof leaks' and the chimney leans,
An' there's a hole in the seat of my old blue jeans
I've eaten the last of the pork an' beans,
Just can't depend on nuthin'

Cow's gone dry and the hens won't lay
And the fish they quit biting last Saturday
Troubles just pilin' up day by day
And now I'm losing my hair

Grief and misery, pains and woes
Debts and taxes so it goes
I think I'm getting a cold in my nose,
Life gets tasteless, don't it
