The Capitalist Blues

You keep telling me To climb this ladder I've got to pay my dues But as I rise The stakes get higher I've got the capitalist blues And if I give everything I won't have much more to lose I am swimming in an ocean of sharks They are telling me how I'm gonna Make My little mark In this cold, cold world It can be such a cold, cold world You keep telling me to go a little higher Try to take a different view But you can see I'm not inspired I've got the capitalist blues And if I give everyrthing I won't have much more to lose It's not fair, it's not right I don't know what I'm gonna do with my life It's not fair, it's not right I wasn't born to just endure all this strife Tryna make my way In this cold, cold world It can be such a cold, cold world