I get up in the morning
I take a bath and put on perfume
I eat a good breakfast
And I don't do anything else, anything else

Then I read the newspaper
I read even the obituaries
Or I start watching soap operas
And I don't do anything else, anything else

At twelve o'clock
I eat a good lunch
Of rice with beans
And stewed meat, and I don't do anything else

Then I go to the hammock
To take a little nap
And sometimes I sleep two hours
And sometimes more, and I don't do anything else

And I get up around three
And I have a good coffee
I smoke a little cigarette with my guitar
And I start to sing

A la la, a la la, a la la lara la lara
And at mealtime
My wife prepares for me
A steak with french fries
With salad and a thousand other things
I eat it and I don't do anything else

Then I go to the balcony
As if I were a great lord
To rock in the armchair
With my wife to chat

A larara la la

Oh!, when I get sleepy
I go to bed right away
And I sleep until morning
And I don't do anything else, anything else

(How good it is to live like this, eating and not working)
Listen!, I have never bent my back
And don't waste your time, I'm not going to change, no way!
(How good it is to live like this, eating and not working)
Gentlemen, I am on strike, yes!
Let my wife support me! Did you hear?
(How good it is to live like this, eating and not working)
How good, how good, how good
How good it is to live life
Eating, sleeping and not doing anything!

Hey buddy, do you know what it's like to be in a rocking chair?
Waiting for the coupons, welfare and social security to arrive
Anyone can do that!

(How good it is to live like this, eating and not working)
Receiving a pension for being crazy
I'm not crazy at all, I'm smart!
(How good it is to live like this, eating and not working)
How good
Bring me a plate of tripe
Rice, beans and stewed meat, to start
(How good it is to live like this, eating and not working)
Who will work? Who, me?
Find someone else, I've already done what I was going to do, son.

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