selling shoes another loser working in a shopping mall 9 to 5 a slave driver telling me get on the ball a crowded store i kneel before them misery beyond compare sweaty socks a lady boxer what s she got against fresh air i want an ocean and some sunscreen lotion take me to the beach with a thousand pretty girls in reach chorus i i i wanna be a lifeguard i i i wanna guard your life i i i wanna be a lifeguard hardly any clothes sand between my toes white stuff on my nose selling shoes another loser working in a shopping mall i m getting fat what does it matter nobody cares at all but next july i ll say goodbye to every out of it dull witted fool convert their feet into meters marking distance at the swimming pool summer blondes revealing tanlines i ll make more moves than allied van lines chorus i i i wanna be a lifeguard i i i wanna guard your life i i i wanna be a lifeguard sitting on my chair in the salty air white stuff on my nose i i i wanna be a lifeguard i i i wanna guard your life i i i wanna be a lifeguard lounging on the deck whistle round my neck white stuff in my nose i i i wanna be a lifeguard 