Working Man's Dirge

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Spend your life for the powers that say they be
"I ain't never worked for nothing see"
Now that's all of which that we're aware
Sucked into the great American nightmare
Life ain't nothin but a paycheck in your hand
From your sweat to the bank to the government man
Start young and foolish, end up old and poor
The utility tax man knocks on your broke down door
Childhood memories, hope that you enjoyed them
Lookin for a job, you just pick your poison
Blue collar sap, white collar ambitions
He don't have no chance but just to take what they're dishin out to him
Class structure shining as it has for years
Kept nice and shiny by the working man's tears
Cut the middle rungs out the corporate ladder
Working man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter anyway
Working man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter anyway
Working man, good luck, cuz to them you don't matter anyway

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from Paradox Prophecy, released November 21, 1999

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