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{Just awoke at 2AM & finished this'n up...& now I'll Post It & Get back to some Shuteye...}

Built My Wife a Nice Potting Shed
With a Little Sun Deck on Top
Got me a Rail all Around The Sides
Where I let my Parrots Walk

Get a Great View of the Neighborhood
All I See is Roofs & Trees
Helicopters Flyin' Overhead
& a Soft, Warm Florida Breeze

(CLIMB)...I'm in My Lounge Chair...

(CHORUS)
DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
Watchin' The Sun Goin' Over the Roof
DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
For at least An Hour or 2!

Tonight's My Younger Son's Birthday
(He's 20..Goin' On..16)
'Got me a Couplea Amberbocks
So I'll Prepare to Make The Scene

First I'll climb up to My Retreat
& Get Ready for the Generation Gap
Imbibe at Least a Couple Cold Ones
Maybe Catch Me an Extended Nap...

(CLIMB)..In My Lounge Chair...

(CHORUS)
DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
Watchin' The Sun Goin' Over the Roof
DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
'Cept Refereein' a Parrot or 2!

(BRIDGE)
Now I'm Beginnin' to ENJOY These Gettaways
& I'm Seein' My Wife LESS..& LESS
USED To Climb Up Here..Sporadically
But NOW It's DAY-To-DAY..I CONFESS...

(CLIMB)...In My Lounge Chair...

(CHORUS)
DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
Watchin' The Sun Goin' Over the Roof
DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
'Cept Wavin' to a Neighbor or 2!

(INSTRUMENTAL)

Yeah, I Enjoy My Life on that Potting Shed
It Gives Me Some TIME to Think
A Little Time to Come UP with BIG Answers
WHILE I'm Puttin' DOWN a LITTLE Drink!

& The Only Henpeckin' Goin' On
Is Now Between my 3 MacCaws..
While I Kick Back & Enjoy The View
And Ruminate on All Life's Flaws

(CLIMB)...In My Lounge Chair...

(DOUBLE CHORUS)
DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
Watchin' The Sun Goin' Over the Roof
DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
So DAMN CLOSE-To-HEAVEN...
HERE Is LIVIN' PROOF---

DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
Watchin' DAYS Easin' Into The NIGHT
DOIN' ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'
& Baby, SOMETIMES...Sometimes...
SOMETIMES...DOIN' NOTHIN's..ALL RIGHT!

(TAG)...In My Lounge Chair----

(C) 2004 by Stan Good, BMI
All Rights Reserved.

Kind of like "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay". I've always admired people who are good at doin' nothin'. I've never been good at it, always gives me an "ill-at-ease" feeling. I "should" on myself, like I just know there's SOMETHING I should be doing. I've heard that the Greeks are good at doing nothing and they live longer than us as a result. I enjoyed reading this little piece of your world.

Leanne

Mornin' Stan,

Hope you were able to get back to sleep after pennin' this good one!

Enjoyed the read and envy anyone who can relax for 2 hours every day...: My mindset is like Leanne's...I know I should be doing SOMETHING.

Ahhh, that sounds wonderful. I'm good at doing nothing, but I only rarely get to do so. Spending this whole weekend cleaning out my old apartment in hopes we might get the deposit back (yeah right). This is probably a little too personal to be anything commercial, but it's fun. And those Amberbocks sound tasty right about now... 'cept it's a few hours too early, lol.

CP

You poor folks with that guilt honed work ethic... There is a saying that Americans live to work and Europeans work to live.


And Stan, I guess that (climb) gets you onto the roof Glad its still there after Charlie. Much destruction around where my parents had their Fla. home. A lot of their friends had their homes severely damaged.


Lounge on!

Tampa

kinda reminds me of an old Steinfeld show, where they decide to do a show about "nothing" hilarious stuff. I liked this, but maybe too many bird references....

note to John, when i lived in norway that was the first thing i noticed, they work to live; but i've always been that way, so no culture shock there; hell got myself down to a twenty four hour work week!!!!

HiDee Y'All!

I confess I don't (yet) Often get in the "2 Hours" of "Nothin'" mentioned in The Song..but I'm Workin' On It--

So far today, tho, it's been Bury the Goldfish that expired last nite..he's now doin' Ficus Exotica Duty..& cleanin' out the 1880's Aquarium he foulled up. (Which ended up with a big Scratch on LaFemme's Formica Kitchen Counter..& perhaps Yet Another GREAT Reason to head up to the Pottin' Shed Gettaway later today, eh?)

"Junior's" Birthday Bash turned into a VERY Late-Arrival..he ate Supper with us about 1/2 Hour, Thanked us for the Gift AAA Membership, skipped the Cake & off he went into the night. "Other Plans"... We Understand--Hey, We're Old Folks Now.

Waal, I gotta head back to the Shop & hunt for my Missing Cel..might drag 2 Potted Palms back to the New Digs & add 'em to The Jungle-in-the-Makin'..or I just Might Do ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN' for the Rest of This Sunny Sunday!

Just got an Email which Guarantees BOARD TWO has successfully Donated Enough for Us to get BOBBIE GALLUP her RT Plane Ticket from Nashville-to-L.A. for the JPF Awards Show. I need those "Pledges" sent in to me by Next Friday, Amigos...& IF you haven't yet heard of "PROJECT BOBBIE", email me at SGoodClocksFans@webtv.net
or Call Me at (813)-240-0301...{Hopefully I'll have found my cel by then...Gulp!}
We still got her Hotel Room & Meals to go, & it's a Great Opportunity to Prove we really ARE "All in this Together"--

Big Thankful Hugs, Evabody,
Stan

Hi Stan,

Good job of conveying the vibe!

Where did I think you could make it stronger ?

(CHORUS)
Watchin' The Sun Goin' Over the Roof

Which roof, the main house, the roofs of the town?
Either way, the line could be stronger . . .
even if "roof and 2" changes. . .

Watching the sun roll across the sky
Doin' absolutely nothing
The birds and the beers and I


This line is a little "pedestrian" Stan:

"So I'll Prepare to Make The Scene"

Cheers,
Terry

Stan, this is a really good song. I like the "Seinfeldic" attitude--there aren't songs about doing absolutely noting, and we needed one.

I would have a little chat with your Muse, though. Waking you up in the middle of the night to write a song about Nothing is a little out of line. Couldn't she/he/it have woken up The Kid instead (teenagers don't need sleep to begin with, and they're usually awake at 2 a.m. anyway, unlike Old Codgers like me), and made *him* write it down and call you in the morning at a decent hour?

I didn't mind the references to all the birds at all. One is a product of one's environment, after all, and y'all's environment down there in the Tropics just happens to include lots of brightly-colored birds. Up here, the environment includes tons of four-footed edible creatures (deer and elk are considered two of the Essential Food Groups).

Joe

Hey Mr. Stan,

I'm one that is really good if not an expert on doing nothing so I immediately was drawn to the top of the pottin' shed. I could stay there A while!

I love that there are a few lyrics right now on this board mentioning the wives, which are really why we keep going sometimes or need the get-a-way?

Really enjoyed this,if you get a chance check out my trib to mine, I'll send ya' a link if your interested. It was a while back on board 1 but I've had fun with it.

Now Take a little time and Do ABSOLUTELY nuthin'

kc

Well nows...while you were lounging on top of the wee world.....here I sit..for the last 2 hours...singing my wee muppet sounding voice off.....about some...little fly..... ...
well at least i've re-surfaced into the land of the living....<G>.....hmmmm...
i owe you and others emails...sorry enough of that...but will do so tonight before I turn in......

good writin' as usual Stan...
hugs to You and Mrs. Stan.....and looks like Francine?..is on the way.....take care...

Kaley

Good Mornin' Kind Folks!

The Monday-At-Webster made for a LOONG DAY...& When I Woke Up at 3 this AM I continued doing SOMETHING that's, for me, More Important than this song...

I'll letcha all in on it Next Lyric, which is Awaitin' Approval before I post it.

SOMETHING WONDERFUL Is In The Works, & for those of yas who've ALREADY Helped Make It Happen, BIG Thankful Hugs! The Best is (Hopefully) YET to Come!

Thanks Folks,
Stan