Sunshine creeps through the blinds And into my life Well, I awoke this morning To a radio alarm From the street I could hear The sound of traffic People leaving for work Just another Monday morning Goodbye, I watch you from the drive Enjoy your work's the last I say You wish for Friday Well, I glance up and down the road Before returning to the home To put the breakfast things away On my endless holiday And I'll while away the hours In every afternoon There are ways to k** the time Until the day's through Well, me Well, I don't read much anymore And if that's when you start to die Well, I hope it doesn't show These are the details friends won't know The things you learn to hide When you've no idea why You're forced outside your life And I'll while away the hours In every afternoon There are ways to k** the time Until the day's through An endless holiday Well, me Well, I know they talk And they say your house husband Well, he never does the chores But each day Well, I read the vacancies And I'll search for word Almost constantly I'll while away the hours In every afternoon There are ways to k** the time Until the day's through Yes, I'll while away the hours What else can I do A once successful man On an endless holiday On an endless holiday On an endless holiday Put yourself in my shoes If only for a day Put yourself in my shoes today Well, I'm living on the wife's income Yes, just living on the wife's income Good fortune come my way If things carry on like this I can see I'm gonna have to Put the children back in plastic shoes And I remember just how that feels