Sitting In The Midday Sun Lyrics - Kinks

(Sung by The Tramp) 

I'm sitting by the side of a river 

Underneath the pale blue sky 

I've got no need to worry, I'm in no hurry 

I'm looking at the world go by. 

Just sitting in the midday sun, 

Just soaking up that currant bun, 

With no particular purpose or reason 

Sitting in the midday sun. 

Everybody say I'm lazy 

They all tell me get a job you slob, 

I'd rather be a hobo walking round with nothing 

Than a rich man scared of losing all he's got. 

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So I'm just sitting in the midday sun 

Just soaking up that currant bun, 

Why should I have to give my reasons 

For sitting in the midday sun 

Oh look at all the ladies 

Looking their best in their summer dresses, 

Oh sitting in the sun. 

I've got no home, 

I've got no money 

But who needs a job when it's sunny. Wah Wah. 

I haven't got a steady occupation 

And I can't afford a telephone. 

I haven't got a stereo, radio or video 

A mortgage, overdraft, a bank loan. 

The only way that I can get my fun 

Is by sitting in the midday sun 

With no particular purpose or reason 

Sitting in the midday sun. 

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Oh listen to the people, 

Say I'm a failure and I've got nothing, 

Ah but if they would only see 

I've got my pride, 

I've got no money, 

But who needs a job when it's sunny. Wah Wah. 

Everybody thinks I'm crazy, 

And everybody says I'm dumb, 

But when I see the people shouting at each other 

I'd rather be an out of work bum. 

So I'm just sitting in the midday sun 

Just soaking up that currant bun, 

With no particular purpose or reason 

Sitting in the midday sun.