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)