I'm sitting by the side of a river   Underneath the pale blue sky   I've got no need to worry, I'm in no hurry   I'm looking at the world go by      Just sitting in the midday sun   Just soaking up that currant bun   With no particular purpose or reason   Sitting in the midday sun      Everybody say I'm lazy   They all tell me get a job, you slob   I'd rather be a hobo walking 'round with nothing   Than a rich man scared of losing all he's got      So I'm just sitting in the midday sun   Just soaking up that currant bun   Why should I have to give my reasons   For sitting in the midday sun?      Oh, look at all the ladies   Looking their best in their summer dresses   Oh, sitting in the sun   I've got no home, I've got no money   But who needs a job when it's sunny, whoa whoa      I haven't got a steady occupation   And I can't afford a telephone   And I haven't got a stereo, radio or video   A mortgage, overdraft, a bank loan      The only way that I can get my fun   Is by sitting in the midday sun   With no particular purpose or reason   Sitting in the midday sun      Oh, listen to the people   Say I'm a failure and I've got nothing   Oh, but if they would only see   I've got my pride, I've got no money   But who needs a job when it's sunny, whoa whoa      Everybody thinks I'm crazy   And everybody says I'm dumb   But when I see the people shouting at each other   I'd rather be an out of work bum      So I'm just sitting in the midday sun   Just soaking up that currant bun   With no particular purpose or reason   I'm sitting in the midday sun