Oh, why don't I work like other men do?
How the hell can I work when the skies are so blue?
Hallelujah, I'm a bum, hallelujah, bum again
Hallelujah, give us a handout and revive us again
Now springtime has come and I'm just out of jail
Without any money, without any bail
Hallelujah, I'm a bum, hallelujah, bum again
Hallelujah, give us a handout and revive us again
Oh, I love my boss and my boss loves me
And that is the reason I'm so hungry
Hallelujah, I'm a bum, hallelujah, bum again
Hallelujah, give us a handout and revive us again
I came to a house and I knocked at the door (what happened?)
A lady came out (what did she say?)
"You've been here before" (oh)
Hallelujah, I'm a bum, hallelujah, bum again
Hallelujah, give us a handout and revive us again
And I came to a house and I asked for a piece of bread
But the lady said, "No no, the baker is dead"
Hallelujah, I'm a bum, hallelujah, bum again
Hallelujah, give us a handout and revive us again
The springtime has come, oh won't we have fun
We'll throw off our jobs and we'll go on the bum
Hallelujah, I'm a bum, hallelujah, bum again
Hallelujah, give us a handout ... and revive us again