I been sensing all this tension you could cut it with a knife

Everything that's worth a mention's taking ten years off my life

Make some cents and earn a pension leave the rest off to the side

Maybe if I miss this red eye I can finally go outside

What will it take

What will it take

How many hands can one man shake

What will it take

What will it take

I think that man's about to break

I think that man's about to break

Open the dam for goodness sake

I think that man's about to break

Well there's a famine in the Hamptons and it's right outside your door

Linen pants are building mansions and their daughters want one more

And they dance in front of cameras slipping pennies to the poor

Dodging glances taking stances and they still don't know what for

What will it take

What will it take

How many hands can one man shake

What will it take

What will it take

I think that man's about to break

I think that man's about to break

Open the dam for goodness sake

I think that man's about to break

Tired of trying

Tired of the thrills

Tired of the lies

And I'm tired of the bills

That man is a vulture holding a snake

I think that man's about to break

I think that man's about to break

Open the dam for goodness sake

I think that man's about to break