The importance of being idle

I sold my soul for the second time

'Cause the man, he don't pay me

I begged my landlord for some more time

He said "Son, the bills are waiting"

My best friend called me the other night

He said "Man are you crazy? "

My girlfriend told me to get a life

She said "boy, you're lazy"

But I don't mind

As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine

I'll be fine, if you give me a minute

A man's got a limit

I can't get a life, if my heart's not in it

But I don't mind

As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine

I'll be fine, if you give me a minute

A man's got a limit

I can't get a life, if my heart's not in it

I lost my faith in the summer time

'Cause it don't stop rainning

The sky all day is as black as night

But I'm not complaining

I begged my doctor for one more line

He said "Son, words fail me"

It ain't your place to be killing time

I guess I'm just lazy

But I don't mind

As long as there's a bed beneath the stars that shine

I'll be fine, if you give me a minute

A man's got a limit

I can't get a life, if my heart's not in it

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1. soul - abstract existence
2. landlord - the owner of a property
3. to get a life - to look for something to do/stop being idle
4. I don't mind - I don't care /I don't give importance to what they say
5. beneath - under
6. I begged - I asked a lot/I insisted
7. words fail me - I don't know what to say/I have no words/I can't understand
8. it ain't your place / it doesn't belong to you/ you are not accostumed to
9. to be killing time / to be lazy/to waste your time innapropriate