Words & Music by Skip Noon
© 2006 Second Chance Music (BMI) Skip Noon, All Rights Reserved.
I've been payin' my dues since I turned twenty-one
Work 'til I drop, never havin' no fun
Tryin' my best just to please everyone
I've been pressured and squeezed, now I'm down on my knees
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It's takin' more out of me, year after year
Tell me what am I doing here
Yeah, day after day I'm just wastin' away
Tell me what am I doing here
Work smarter not harder, what a worn out cliché
Try to get your job done in some easier way
But all I ever do is work twelve hours a day
I've got so much to do, don't think I'll ever get through
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I've been a company man, down to my bones
Loyal as loyal can be
But the bottom line for me is this ain't the place to be
I need to escape and get free
So try and take a lesson from someone who knows
Don't throw up your hands and say that's just how it goes
There's more to life than workin' if you'll only suppose
We weren't put on this Earth to build up someone else's worth
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