Up With The Jones

I started out, I had no plan I took a job and soon was working for the man And now it seems through modern dreams And all I've done is learn to live beyond my means Yes, we had the house And we have the car And paid for it all On some credit card Now that ain't right No, no, no My second home, your student loan And every year I got myself a brand new phone Can't do without, don't have the nerve I tell myself that these are things that I deserve Yes, I can't make do With just half my chеque I need all those things And so I live in debt And that ain't right No, no, no, no Everything that I thought I knew Everything I was told was true I was living a lie and I never asked why And now I don't know what to do I guess I can't keep up I guess I can't keep up with the Jones I can't slow down, I've lost control I double down and tell myself I'm on a roll It's not my fault, it's not like me I never saw myself as someone who ain't free Now I'm wondering Has it gone too far? Should I pick up the cheque At this hotel bar? Now that ain't right No, no, no, no Everything that I thought I knew Everything I was told was true I was living a lie and I never asked why Now I don't know what to do I guess I can't keep up I guess I can't keep up with the Jones I was living like the money was king I let it have the power on me Now I recognize the funniest thing Is I'm broken, now I'm finally free We all know life don't go as planned So now I'm buying all my records second hand It's brought me these, I've come to see That all my greatest joys in life are always free I still have my house But I've sold my car And it felt so damn good To cut up those credit cards Yeah, that felt right Yeah, yeah, yeah Everything that I thought I knew Everything I was told was true I was living a lie and I never asked why Now I don't know what to do I guess I can't keep up I guess I can't keep up with the Jones