Unemployed

Michael McDermott
From Last Chance Lounge (2000)

I know how to turn water to wine
I'm filthy rich, but I haven't a dime
I'm lucky in love, but my girl's got a man
Most of these things I can't understand
I can take tragedy, loss, and defeat
choke your bitterness 'til your blood turns sweet

So, hallelujah, I’m overjoyed
I'm drunk again and I’m unemployed
Say hey, mama, ain't I still your boy?
I’m drunk again and I'm unemployed
drunk again and I'm unemployed

Singing now hey...
singin' now hey
It’s gonna be OK

People always ask me what it is that I do
and very rarely do I tell them the truth
I'm a consultant, a pilot, a thief, or a cook
or I'm just about to publish my very first book
Sometimes I'm a hunter, sometimes I'm a clown
sometimes a matador, who just moved to town

So, hallelujah, I'm overjoyed
I'm drunk again and I'm unemployed
The things I’ve wanted, babe, I've just destroyed
I'm drunk again and I'm unemployed
drunk again and I'm unemployed

I must admit that sometimes I get bored
’cuz the things that I want I just can't afford
and people say that I'm easily amused
ask if as a child I was somehow abused
Call me a slacker, you can call me a waste
but I'm just a pauper with a prince's taste