For a long time I went to bed early
Right after the sun went down
Used to sleep for ten or twelve hours
To pass the time ‘cause you weren’t around
But lately I’ve been getting restless
I get anxious and I get annoyed
Honey — loving you was a full time job
And then I got unemployed

Summer came and messed up my hours
I woke up at five a.m.
Strange noises down in the basement
I got up to check on them
Standing right there and it’s pitch black
Staring into the void
Sweetheart — loving you’d been a full time job
And there I stood unemployed

Down in the park there’s a plane tree
Broad leaves and dappled shade
Good place to eat up a morning
Sippin’ hard lemonade
But soon enough here come the storm clouds
Some things you can’t avoid
Baby — loving you was a full time job
It’s rough being unemployed

We met at my friend Juan’s apartment
Some lousy occasion
They ran out of ice way too early
You offered to go on a run
I asked if I might keep you company, you smiled
What’s this some kinda ploy?
I knew — loving you’d be a full time job
Was glad to be unemployed

And after that we sure did party
Cocktails with all your friends
Mary Ann she really liked money
Timothy he really liked gin
Rachel her nose was enormous
We used to call her the adenoid
Back when — loving you was my full time job
Before I got unemployed

And all the things that we said to each other
The things that we yelled that we cried
I might’ve been wrong but I meant it
You might’ve been right but you lied
I feel like a kid who got picked on
I feel like a little boy
Baby — loving you was my full time job
It’s not fair I’m unemployed

…

I figured I’d go on vacation
Get outta town and clear my head
The mountains were out — it’s too lonesome
I went to the beach instead
Spent the whole time in the hotel
You know that sign says Do Not Disturb
Sweetheart — loving you was a full time job
Ain’t no time off being unemployed

The last day I went down to the harbor
Salt air on my thin skin
Read for a bit fed the pigeons
Saw other people’s ships coming in
Two figures down by the water
You and some other boy
He thinks — loving you is his full time job
He’s soon to be unemployed

So now the trains all run a few minutes later
The water’s not quite so clear
The bars are all raising their prices
You know I used to drink wine — now I drink cheap beer
And it’s not bad but it’s not getting better
I’m not mad I’m just annoyed
Baby — loving you was my full time job
I’m not sad I’m unemployed