Wake up, head out
Punch in, get down
Working all day
To rake in that minimum wage
Go home, back aches
Lay down, wide awake
Waiting all night for the sunrise to come
Start it all over again

The days go on
More of the same
Old shit goes on
Going insane

Burning the flame from the wick of youth
Drawing it closer to blowing the fuse
Dousing the pain with liquor abuse
Drowning your sorrows, nothing to lose
Counting each hour that slowly rolls by
Year after year in the blink of an eye
Day at a time you keep telling yourself
Praying someday that you'll make your way out of this hell

Cash in the check just enough to go on
Chasing the bills til they're gone
Stack up the deck put it down on the house
Waiting to lose it all
Slaving away just to pay off a debt
Nothing to save when you're old
Starving you trade in your name for a bone
While boss fills his pockets with gold

Every day and it's early to rise
Never to get out on time
7:00 AM to 11:05
That ain't four hours
We work til the night

Able and young you were glowing with hope
Dreaming of making it through
Now you've grown old and it's too late to turn
Failure fills up your boots
30 years later the same dead end job
Digging away from the soul
No breaks to have til you're broken in half
Cast off what's left to the hole

5 extra minutes each day on the line
No chance get out on time
Chained up inside til 11:05
No way to live, no way to leave
Run out of luck and you're out on the streets

So it begins
All over again
It never ends
When will this end?