Songs About Feeling Lazy or Wasting Time

Ever have one of those days that you simply feel unmotivated?  Maybe wanting to escape the everyday rat race of  being on the go all the time? Wanting to sleep in , turn off the constant noise and interruptions of everyday life (such as work, school, TV, radio, the internet, the spouse or significant other, the kids, the parents, the family pet – you get what I mean). Or maybe you’re just a slacker or downright lazy? Go Ahead – Admit it – we all get to feeling that way occasionally… some people actually more than others! And it’s OK and even healthy as well as therapeutic to be that way once in awhile, as long as it’s not an everyday lifestyle. It can help you relax, relieve stress and even rejuvenate.

Well, if this is the mood you just happen to be in at the moment, you’ve come to the right place to find some tunes to help give credibility to your thought process Sometimes it can be fun to channel an apathetic or lethargic mood into ‘something productive’, so to speak. You can even create your own personal soundtrack or mp3 playlist to this LAZY theme. The following list gives a whole array of ‘being lazy’, ‘doing nothing’, ‘slacking off‘ and ‘wasting time’ songs to choose from. With some of these songs you may have to put blinders on and totally ignore what the song is actually about – After all, listening does require some motivation – deciding to include the song based on it’s title alone.

Feel free to add your own favorite lethargic lyrics, tired tunes, melodies of malaise and sleepy song choices in the comments at the bottom of this post.

Turn off the lights, pull down the shades and enjoy……….

Songs About Being Lazy, Feeling Lazy or Wasting Time

1. Bang The Drum All Day – Todd Rundgren
2. Busy Doin’ Nothin’ – The Beach Boys
3. Busy Doing Nothing – Bing Crosby (from the 1949 film ”A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”)
4. Busy Doing Nothing – Peter & The Test Tube Babies
5. Down By The Lazy River – The Osmond Brothers
6. Drunken Lazy Bastard – The Pogues
7. Fabulously Lazy – Franz Ferdinand
8. Feeling Lazy – Lightning Seeds
9. Get Out of Your Lazy Bed – Matt Bianco
10. I’m A Lazy Sod – Sex Pistols
11. I’m Only Sleeping – The Beatles
12. Killin’ Time – Clint Black
13. Lazy – Marilyn Monroe (from the 1954 movie “There’s No Business Like Show Business”)
14. Lazy – Deep Purple
15. Lazy – Suede
16. Lazy – Tony Joe White
17. Lazy – Low
18. Lazy – X-Press 2 featuring David Byrne
19. Lazy Bird – John Coltrane
20. Lazy Bones – Ted Lewis, The Mills Brothers, Bing Crosby, Jonathan King, Leon Redbone
21. Lazy Countryside – Margaret Whiting
22. Lazy Day – Bing Crosby
23. Lazy Day – Spanky & Our Gang
24. Lazy Day – Left Banke
25. Lazy Day – The Moody Blues
26. Lazy Day Afternoon – Plain White T’s
27. Lazy Days – Enya
28. Lazy Days – Robbie Williams
29. Lazy Elsie Molly – Chubby Checker
30. Lazy Guy – Slobberbone
31. Lazy Louisiana Moon – Guy Lombardo & His Orchestra
32. Lazy Mary – Lou Monte
33. Lazy Music – Captain Beefheart
34. Lazy Old Sun – The Kinks
35. Lazy River – Bobby Darin
36. Lazy Summer Night – Four Preps
37. Lazy Sunday Afternoon – Small Faces
38. Lazy Girls – Jill Cunniff
39. Lazy Weather – California Ramblers
40. Pinch Me – Barenaked Ladies
41. Sassafras Roots – Green Day
42. Sittin’ On The Dock of The Bay – Otis Redding
43. Sunny Afternoon – The Kinks
44. That Lucky Old Sun – Louis Armstrong
45. The Importance of Being Idle – Oasis
46. The Laziest Gal In Town – Nina Simone
47. The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars
48. The Lazy Sunbathers – Morrissey
49. Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer – Nat King Cole
50. Up The Lazy River – A jazz and pop standard recorded by  many – here are some of the better ones over the years… Hoagy Carmichael, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Woody Herman & His Orchestra, Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, The Mills Brothers, Nat King Cole Trio, Rosemary Clooney, The Ames Brothers, Sammy Davis Jr., Harry Connick Jr., Michael Buble
51. Wasted Time – The Eagles
52. White & Lazy – The Replacements
53. Who May Be Lazy – M. Ward

►►► You may also want to check out a previous post I did back in late 2009 titled “Songs About Dreams” that include, among others, daydreaming type songs which could easily translate to laziness, boredom or wasting time – The link is HERE