Flanders & Swann - The Sloth lyrics

A Bradypus, or Sloth, am I I live a life of ease Contented not to do or die But idle as I please I have three toes on either foot, Or half a doz. on both With leaves and fruits, and shoots to eat How sweet to be a Sloth The world is such a cheerful place When viewed from upside-down; It makes a rise of every fall A smile of every frown; I watch the fleeting flutter by Of bu*terfly or moth And think of all the things I'd try If I were not a Sloth I could climb the very highest Himalayas Be among the greatest ever tennis players Win at chess or marry a Princess or Study hard and be an eminent professor I could be a millionaire, play the clarinet Travel everywhere Learn to cook, catch a crook Win a war then write a book about it I could paint a Mona Lisa I could be another Caesar Compose an oratorio that was sublime The door's not shut on my genius but I just don't have the time! For days and days among the trees I sleep and dream and doze Just gently swaying in the breeze Suspended by my toes While eager beavers overhead Rush through the undergrowth I watch the clouds beneath my feet; How sweet to be a Sloth