i'd work very hard but i'm lazy
i can't take the pressure and it's starting to show
in my heart you know how it pains me
a life of leisure is no life you know
waking up and getting up has never been easy
oh oh i think you should know
waking up and getting up has never been easy
oh oh i think you should know
oh oh i think you should go
make a cup of tea and put a record on
i'd work very hard but i'm lazy
i've got a lot of songs but they're all in my head
i'll get a guitar and a lover who pays me
if i can't be a star i won't get out of bed
waking up and getting up has never been easy
oh oh i think you should know
waking up and getting up has never been easy
oh oh i think you should know
oh oh i think you should go
make a cup of tea and put a record on
waking up and getting up has never been easy
oh oh i think you should know
waking up and getting up has never been easy
oh oh i think you should know
oh oh i think you should go
make a cup of tea and put a record on
i can't take the pressure and it's starting to show
in my heart you know how it pains me
a life of leisure is no life you know
oh oh i think you should know
waking up and getting up has never been easy
oh oh i think you should know
oh oh i think you should go
make a cup of tea and put a record on
i've got a lot of songs but they're all in my head
i'll get a guitar and a lover who pays me
if i can't be a star i won't get out of bed
oh oh i think you should know
waking up and getting up has never been easy
oh oh i think you should know
oh oh i think you should go
make a cup of tea and put a record on
oh oh i think you should know
waking up and getting up has never been easy
oh oh i think you should know
oh oh i think you should go
make a cup of tea and put a record on
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This is practically theme song. It's pretty self-explanitory, it's about apathy and laziness. Dreaming of being a rock star, but never getting round to actually doing anything about it.
Story of my life...
About how she hates her job. Having pressures to make songs and having deadlines to meet is wearing on her. She would just rather play for fun and have a sugar daddy. The only thing that motivates her to get out of bed is that she wants to be a rock star. She would rather drink tea and listen to records all day.
It's British self-loathing via comparison with mainstream values, mixed with a certain kind of artistic disinterest in her craft. Although she feels this way, judging herself as inadequate, it is clearly how she writes her songs. How would someone who never writes songs, write a song about not writing songs? That's how it works. Classic rock n roll music lifestyle.