My friend's a computer hacker

But in school everybody said he was a slacker

He writes science fiction novels

He builds whole towns and villages from cola bottles



He does equations just for fun

Eats low carb ice cream with his Mum

Sews Cub Scout badges on his sweater



He's just a feeling you ignore

A dumb computer hacker

Trash can on the floor

A pitiful disaster

Cried to sleep at night

When he never got it right

Cos he never realised

It doesn't even matter

Later on in life

He's drowning in his laughter

Three kids and a wife

He's happy ever after

Stoked to be alive

With his dream job up at Nasa

Loving everyday

Well, I guess it really pays to be a slacker



He stays up all night playing Tetris

Asteroids, Pacman written on his 'games to get' list

Wasted nights spent up in his bedroom

Tough times, long nights

Must have been a lot to get through



He's getting sharp pains in his wrist

In his world girlfrien's don't exist

Cna't even get an ad on 'My Space'

(poor guy)



He's just a feeling you ignore

A dumb computer hacker

Trash can on the floor

A pitiful disaster

Cried to sleep at night

When he never got it right

Cos he never realised

It doesn't even matter

Later on in life

He's drowning in his laughter

Three kids and a wife

He's happy ever after

Stoked to be alive

With his dream job up at Nasa

Loving everyday

Well, I guess it really pays to be a slacker



He's the one all alone in despair

He's the one who thinks life isn't fair

He's the one sitting right over there

He's the lonely guy on the side

Looking kinda shy

You could see him ride

Passing by on a pedal bike

He's the funny type

Kinda like 'Napoleon Dynamite'



He's just a feeling you ignore

A dumb computer hacker

Trash can on the floor

A pitiful disaster

Cried to sleep at night

When he never got it right

Cos he never realised

It doesn't even matter

Later on in life

He's drowning in his laughter

Three kids and a wife

He's happy ever after

Stoked to be alive

With his dream job up at Nasa

Loving everyday

Well, I guess it really pays to be a slacker



It pays to be a slacker!

(And that's the truth)