I Won't Play by Your Rules

Spent a lot a time on the streets downtown

moving them boxes and driving around in circles

pick it up here, drop it off there

moving their damn things every damn where

if you bust your ass you can make your nut

anything less is a punch in the gut and your paycheck

get home late, try to come down

if you lose your mind you can kick it around until the next day

had another job at a steak restaurant

the Scottsdale snowbirds' favorite haunt

cleaning off plates, throwing out trash

getting no love from the bosses lash

at the end of the season I done got fired

they told me my work was undesired

handed me a check and I walked out the back

felling like a low down two-bit hack

working this job to pay my rent

when my bills are paid, my money's all spent

all these working class Joes think they're real smart

to trust in a rich man that's got no heart

but that gold is only fools

so I'm packing up my tools

and I won't play by your rules

I got a new job where I don't need to drive

home on the laptop for eight to five, no holidays

I thought some how I'd be more free

but there's a chain around my ankle and the goddamn computer is shackled to me

scrolling that mouse and picking them keys

staring at logs til my eyeballs freeze

if I work five years I can clear my debt

but I might no nuts if I'm not there yet

working this job to pay my rent

when my bills are paid, my money's all spent

all these working class Joes think they're real smart

to trust in a rich man that's got no heart

but that gold is only fools

so I'm packing up my tools

and I won't play by your rules, no, no