In The Way

Wake up at the crack of dawn, break your back all day and then go home You can't get sick again. You can't afford to be out for that long If I died today, within a week I'd be replaced to fill the lack You can love it all you want, your job is never gonna love you back I'm broke as hell, but not a broken man It seems that poverty's the only language that I'll ever understand I'll ever understand I'll ever understand Lightning struck here twice, so we ran into the night Please don't act so surprised, this is how poverty was designed Your bosses want you kept in place, they want you kept benign I'm tethered to the office, I will never get out of this Dependency, like a junkie crawling back for more in my bloodstream Cause money can't buy happiness, but poverty can't buy a goddamn thing Yeah, money can't buy happiness, but poverty can't buy a goddamn thing Yeah, money can't buy happiness, but poverty can't buy a goddamn thing Yeah, money can't buy happiness, but poverty can't buy a goddamn thing "Dress for the job you want." They said it on and on, on and on So I put it on - the suit that they would bury me in Tighten your belt again while apologists defend a system that is eating you alive But there could be room for you at the top, they say You could be middle fucking management someday Someday, Someday, Someday Someday, Someday, Someday, Someday Someday, Someday, Someday, Someday Someday, Someday, Someday, Someday There's nothing left for anyone to say Eventually you shrug your shoulders, roll your eyes, and say "it goes this way" "Yeah, it just goes this way" "Yeah, it just goes this way" Lightning struck here twice, so we ran into the way We ran into the way On that day, we'll stay A day will finally come when we'll say "enough"