Wake up and shake myself out of bed again   Shaking the day down in my head again   It's up and out, rise and shine, on the double   No time to slack, attack and tackle the trouble      Shake myself out of bed again   No time to stop and assess, can't let it grind to a halt   Can't stop and look at the mess and then find out it's my fault   I can't stop for a single minute   I know hell, well, I'm living in it   No time to stop at all, I've got to jump through the hoops      My job, well it's a nine to five nightmare   I'm serving whiskey, stale wit and beer   Come on in , how've you been? Have I met you?   What'll it be now, what can I get you?      My job, well it's a nightmare   And every day from ine to five I'm there   No time to stop and assess, can't let it grind to a halt   Can't stop and look at the mess and then find out it's my fault   I can't stop for a single minute   I know hell, well, I'm living in it   No time to stop at all, I've got to jump through the hoops      Roll over, sit up and beg   Well, I'd much rather lie down and play dead   Here comes another hoop      Holidays have got to be the worst   I've seen so many I've got it well rehearsed   Joy to the world, hark the hey, let me ehar it   Deick the halls, trim the treet, that's the spirit   Holidays are not for me, chop down the tree   They've got to be the worst      I'm old and set in my ways, no stopping now, it's a shame   But in my much younger days I'd stop and I'd take the blame   I'm alright if I don't know and can't see   I'll live in hell till the day that they plant me   No time to stop at all, I've got to jump through the hoops      Roll over, sti up and beg   Well I'd much rather...lie down and play dead   All over, so long my friend   So long, all over, the end