The Sloth-Flanders & Swann

[ti:The Sloth] [ar:Flanders & Swann] [al:The Complete Flanders & Swann] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Sloth (树懒) - Flanders & Swann [00:34.92]A Bradypus or Sloth am I [00:39.13]I live a life of ease [00:43.87]Contented not to do or die [00:48.43]But idle as I please [00:52.98]I have three toes on either foot Or half a doz on both [01:02.32]With leaves and fruits and shoots to eat [01:06.81]How sweet to be a Sloth [01:12.01]The world is such a cheerful place [01:16.55]When viewed from upside-down; [01:21.12]It makes a rise of every fall [01:25.63]A smile of every frown; [01:30.37]I watch the fleeting flutter by [01:34.04]Of butterfly or moth [01:39.70]And think of all the things I'd try [01:44.46]If I were not a Sloth [01:49.31]I could climb the very highest Himalayas [01:52.03]Be among the greatest ever tennis players [01:54.37]Win at chess or marry a Princess or [01:56.74]Study hard and be an eminent professor [01:58.94]I could be a millionaire play the clarinet [02:01.46]Travel everywhere [02:02.14]Learn to cook catch a crook [02:04.47]Win a war then write a book about it [02:06.63]I could paint a Mona Lisa [02:08.82]I could be another Caesar [02:11.14]Compose an oratorio that was sublime [02:13.53] [02:14.62]The door's not shut on my genius but [02:18.55]I just don't have the time [02:24.44]For days and days among the trees [02:29.25]I sleep and dream and doze [02:34.24]Just gently swaying in the breeze [02:38.00]Suspended by my toes [02:43.44]While eager beavers overhead [02:47.84]Rush through the undergrowth [02:52.50]I watch the clouds beneath my feet; [02:56.98]How sweet to be a Sloth