No Paycheck

You can sit, you can stand, you can pace, you can wander by the door You can wish, you can pray, you can cry, you can laugh it off once more I tried waiting around And I've been searching all over this town But I guess I've been looking in the wrong place No paycheck in the mail again today No paycheck in the mail again today Just to live when you're poor ain't nothing but a struggle and a chore Just to walk out the door and try to act like you know there's something more I've been working hard every day And hoping that some part of it would pay But I guess I've been working in the wrong way No paycheck in the mail again today No paycheck in the mail again today Wouldn't it be so strange if I saw you And you still had your whole life to live Wouldn't it be so sad if I saw you And I still didn't have nothing to give All the time in the world means nothing if you got nowhere to go All the dreams you can have ain't nothing if you got nothing to show I tried living unmaterialistically And focusing on only what's important to me But I guess I've been living in the wrong way No paycheck in the mail again today No paycheck in the mail again today Chin up, work hard, look ahead or struggle till you're dead It's so easy to say when it's really just something that you read But maybe some day it'll really change After all ain't that supposed to be the American way? But I guess I've just been running in place No paycheck in the mail again today No paycheck in the mail again today Oh but maybe tomorrow it'll come No paycheck in the mail again today