Breaking the Code

Where's your daddy gone? And your education Maybe you let him down With the rest of your family Yes it's tough And like the rest they've had enough And you feel much better off Now they've gone So pedestrian The lowest expectation Maybe it's where you're from Just burning oxygen with the boys And it's tough When you wake up feeling rough And there's only so many hours left In the day Every step of the road You'll be breaking the code Take a book off the shelf Make a man of yourself Love is better than wealth And what you thought it would be You say you're damaged now And you want everybody to know But no-ones interested They gave up feeling sorry for you Yes it's tough And you just can't give it up You can't live without that stuff You're using Every step of the road You'll be breaking the code Take a book off the shelf Make a man of yourself Love is better than wealth And what you thought it would be