Barnaby, Hardly Working Lyrics

Lyric discussion by acorm88 

Cover art for Barnaby, Hardly Working lyrics by Yo La Tengo

Bartleby the Scrivener sounds about right...with the 'not doing anything' theme..

"I took his time, took his time" - sounds like something the owner of the Law office would say to Bartleby

"Wore a hat, so he'd impress her They took a ride They took a ride As I could wait for hours"

and this is Bartleby jacking off in the office after hours, he's only making love to the women in his head. The owner has to wait outside for him, but has no problem with this.