Why Must I Work?

(From my up and coming broadway hit. It’s sure to be a winner!)

Why must I work
Why can’t I shirk
And just be a fun-loving bum?

Why can’t I stay
At home and just lay
Around watching TV and to play?

(chorus)
I’m floating along my own lonely path
With currents adrifting
And I’ve certainly not done the math

I’m tired of meeting
Other people’s heeding
While watching my life slip away

There’s no use in feeding
My love for misdeeding
If someone else always has the say

(chorus)
I’m floating along my own lonely path
With currents adrifting
And I’ve certainly not done the math

Aren’t there enough
people in the rough
That I could just have my own way?

Can’t someone else fulfill
The payment for the bill
So I can enjoy the fruits of the day?

(bridge)
So here’s what I’ll do
I’ll just leave it to you
To support me in my leisure
In return for the pleasure
And the love beyond measure
I’m sure to send your way!

(chorus)
I’m floating along my own lonely path
With currents adrifting
And I’ve certainly not done the math

John Thompson
April 4, 2008