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I Ain't Lazy​.​.​. I Just Don't Care

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from Alter Ego by Dylan Bell

 

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This song was written on a trip to Cuba, where I spent most of my time trying to find ways of living a permanent vacation. I think of it as an updated, lighthearted answer to the country classic “Take This Job And Shove It”. This piece, with a few different lyrics, is also done as old-school funk, under the name “It’s Not That I’m Lazy…”, on the "Don't Fix What's Broken" album.
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Verse 1
Well you tell me I can never buy a diamond ring
To sparkle on my baby’s hand
She says the only diamonds she’ll ever need
Sparkle in the desert sand
Well you tell me that I gotta learn to play the game
Better buckle-down and learn my place
Well you can take your big Mercedes, your big-city suit
And shove ‘em up your fancy briefcase

Chorus
I ain’t lazy, Mister Boss-man: I just don’t care
I ain’t lazy, Mister Boss-man: I just don’t care
You can call me crazy, say I’m lost, say I’m going nowhere
I ain’t lazy, Mister Boss-man: I just don’t care
No sir, I just don’t care

Verse 2
Well you tell me “get working those idle hands
Before the Devil gets behind the wheel.”
But let me tell you:
Your busy hands and your busy life
Are gonna leave you with a heart of steel
So go on, take the biggest, and take the best
Take everything your money can buy
I’ll be happy with an open road
A sunset and a deep blue sky

[Chorus]

Verse 3
You can have your forty-hour grindstone
Your two short weeks of vacation
I’d rather saddle-up my big red Chevy
And drive me across the nation
Cause I finally came to my senses
Got tired of being played a fool
And it sure is easy to play the game
When you stop playing by the rules
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from Alter Ego, released 19 February 2010
dB: voices, guitars, keyboards, bass, drums
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