Vacancy

I've been feeling overworked and under it The boredom seething, I've well and truly hit the bricks My CV is seasoned, smiling as a résumé A chess piece, a heathen who wants to see a better day You crack the whip, employee of the day Power trippin', but we on the same wage Jack-in-the-box coming out of its cage I've been chasing people on the daily With a half-filled cup Only rise and shine if you can pay me I gotta get that cut 'Cause you got a brand new vacancy And I wanna join the agency I hope that you can give me Something that I can hold Somewhere that I can go Without working to the bone And can you give me that? Endless teething, growing pains and coffee stains Dilute my evening to sharpen on TV again Caught in the graveyard shifting again Poor little pauper, means to an end My snooze is on repeat I know I better wake up, or I'll wake up in the street You crack the whip, employee of the day Power trippin', but we on the same wage Jack-in-the-box coming out of its cage I've been chasing people on the daily With a half-filled cup Only rise and shine if you can pay me I gotta get that cut 'Cause you got a brand new vacancy And I wanna join the agency I hope that you can give me Something that I can hold Somewhere that I can go Without working to the bone Can you give me that? Jokes aside, I'm in need of a soothing potion The motion of each cog is hugely potent Approaching the ropes, I'm in need of a smoke I slip into a slumber when I need it the most Eyes half-closed, diet, disappointment on toast A quarter man, no quarter plan, no other piece of me Still an underdog, was never born a pedigree These soliloquies, they burn in me like third degree Think I left the kettle on