Addicted to Stress
(Jimmy Infantino)
I'm addicted to stress, that's the way that I get things done
If I'm not under pressure then I sleep too long
And I hang around like a bum
And I think I'm goin' nowhere and that makes me nervous...
I'm addicted to stress, that's the way that I get things done
If I'm not under pressure then I sleep too long
And I hang around like a bum
And I think I'm goin' nowhere and that makes me nervous...
Everybody's out to get me but I feel all right,
Everybody's out to get me but I feel all right,
Everybody's out to get me but I feel all right,
Everybody's thinkin' 'bout me.
[It's the little things that get 'cha, it's the little things that
get 'cha, it's the little things that get'cha when you weren't paying
attention, it's the little things that get 'cha, it's the little things
that get 'cha, it's the little things that get'cha when you weren't paying
attention]
I'm trying to cut down on my caffeine consumption
So when I get up I just have one cup of coffee.
And then I like to have another cup of coffee with my breakfast,
And on the way to work I like to get a cup of coffee
Like the kind of cup of coffee that you get with a donut,
'Cept I never get the donut, I just have the cup of coffee,
And when I get to work I like to have a cup of coffee
Because I like to have my coffee when I'm talking on the phone,
Except it usually goes cold, so I have to get another cup of coffee
And then I go to lunch and I have an espresso.
And when I get back, it's not morning anymore
So I have a diet cola and another diet cola,
And by then I'm feelin' fine and I'm feelin' pretty sharp
And I'm feelin' pretty wired and I'm gettin' things done,
But right about 2 I get this little tiny migraine
And it starts behind my eyes and it moves to the back of my neck
And it moves to the bottom of my spine
But it doesn't get there until 5 or 6 o'clock
Which is the end of the day, so I'm fine,
So I'm FINE, SO I'M -FINE-...
Except, when I have to work late,
When I have to work late, which I usually do.
I'm addicted to stress, that's the way that I get things done
If I'm not under pressure then I sleep too long
And I hang around like a bum
And I think I'm goin' nowhere and that makes me nervous...
I'm addicted to stress, that's the way that I get things done
If I'm not under pressure then I sleep too long
And I hang around like a bum
And I think I'm goin' nowhere and that makes me nervous...
Everybody's out to get me but I feel all right,
Everybody's out to get me but I feel all right,
Everybody's out to get me but I feel all right,
Everybody's thinkin' 'bout me.
[It's the little things that get 'cha, it's the little things that
get 'cha, it's the little things that get'cha when you weren't paying
attention, it's the little things that get 'cha, it's the little things
that get 'cha, it's the little things that get'cha when you weren't paying
attention]
I like to work, I like to run, I like to play real hard,
I like to steal little things from the grocery store,
Like a piece of bubblegum,
Or sometimes I just stick my thumb in a peach, and I leave it there.
I love to work, I love to run, I love to waterskii, snowboard, jetski,
skydive, parasail, hang-glide, rollerblade, mountainbike, bungee-jump,
Well, I mean, I'd love to do these things, if I ever had the TIME.
I love to work, I love to work, I love to work
And after work I love to spend a little time with this woman that I'm seein'
'Cept we never really get a little time to spend together
So we call each other up and we talk about work.
Well what I think I'd really love is to get up on my sofa
On a little tiny island in the middle of the ocean
With just me and a book, and a cellular phone,
And a personal computer in case something came up.
And I'd eat and I'd sleep and I'd run and I'd drink
And I wouldn't do nothin' except swim all day.
Except, I don't know how to do laps in the ocean...
Where are the sharks? WHERE ARE THE SHARKS?
And there this kind of...anemone
That sticks in your foot and the poison goes up to your brain and you die,
And sand fleas? SAND FLEAS? YUCK!
But, actually, I think it'd be really relaxing,
Just me by myself in the middle of the ocean,
And that's what I'd really love to do
More than anything else...
'Cept I'd probably hate it.
I'm addicted to stress, that's the way that I get things done
If I'm not under pressure then I sleep too long
And I hang around like a bum
And I think I'm goin' nowhere and that makes me nervous...
I'm addicted to stress, that's the way that I get things done
If I'm not under pressure then I sleep too long
And I hang around like a bum
And I think I'm goin' nowhere and that makes me nervous...
Everybody's out to get me but I feel all right,
Everybody's out to get me but I feel all right,
Everybody's out to get me but I feel all right,
Everybody's thinkin' 'bout me.
[It's the little things that get 'cha, it's the little things that
get 'cha, it's the little things that get'cha when you weren't paying
attention, it's the little things that get 'cha, it's the little things
that get 'cha, it's the little things that get'cha when you weren't paying
attention]
Copyright Jimmy Infantino
TD
oct97
Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!