why don't you work like the other men do how the hell could i work when there's no work to do why don't you save all the money you earn if i didn't eat i had money to burn hallelujah, i'm a bum hallelujah, bum again give us a handout to revive us again the springtime has come and i'm just out of jail without any money without any bail i can't buy a job 'cause i ain't got the dough i ride in a boxcar 'cause i am a hobo hallelujah, i'm a bum hallelujah, bum again give us a handout to revive us again i went to a house i knocked on the door the lady came out and said you've been here before i went to a house and i asked for some bread the lady said oh my the baker is dead i went to a bar and i asked for a drink they gave me a gla** and showed me the sink hallelujah, i'm a bum hallelujah, bum again give us a handout to revive us again the springtime has come oh won't we have fun we'll throw up our jobs and we'll go on the bum hallelujah, i'm a bum hallelujah, bum again give us a handout to revive us again