Pink Martini
Sympathique (Sympathetic; I Don’t Want to Work)
[Intro; Verse 1]
My room is in form of a cage
The sun pops his arms through the window
The hunters at my door
Like the little soldiers
Who want to take me (away)

[Chorus]
I don't want to work
I don't want to do lunch
I only want to forget (it)
And on I smoke

[Verse 2]
I've already been acquainted with the perfume of love
A million roses wouldn't smell so sweet
Now one single flower in my surroundings
Leaves me sick

[Chorus]

I am not proud of this life that
Wants to kill me
It's magnificent to be sympathetic
Yet I will never understand (it)