Why don't you work like other folks do? How the hell can I work when there's no work to do? (Refrain:) Hallelujah, I'm a bum, Hallelujah, bum again, Hallelujah, give us a handout To revive us again. Oh, why don't you save all the money you earn? If I didn't eat, I'd have money to burn. Whenever I get all the money I earn, The boss will be broke, and to work he must turn. (CHORUS:) Hallelujah, I'm a bum, Hallelujah, bum again, Hallelujah, give us a handout To revive us again. Oh, I like my boss, he's a good friend of mine, That's why I am starving out on the bread line. When springtime it comes, oh, won't we have fun; We'll throw off our jobs, and go on the bum. (CHORUS:) Hallelujah, I'm a bum, Hallelujah, bum again, Hallelujah, give us a handout To revive us again.
