Friends say I'm so naive

Wouldn't know hard work from a kick in the teeth

I don't know if they see what I see

Broken bodies keeping bodies for company

Limp to work and limp back home

Aching backs and mindless drones

Speaking in monotone

Sleep off the day while we're grinding our teeth

You got nothing to lose but your chains

Chomp at the bit while they pull on your reins

You got nothing to lose but your chains

Take off the blinkers and watch their eyes dilate

Despite it all I'm an optimist

Blame the cynic not the nihilist

I make the best of everything

The best just ain't that good

Old white men say I'm the problem

I don't check my bank that often

They sink right to the bottom

And I am not that bothered

You got nothing to lose but your chains

Chomp at the bit while they pull on your reins

You got nothing to lose but your chains

Take off the blinkers and watch their eyes dilate

The most idle man on the payroll

Last in

First out

Last in

The most patient man on the A road

No rush

No stress

Last in

The most idle man on the payroll

The most patient man on the A road

The most idle man on the payroll

The most patient man on the A road

You got nothing to lose but your chains

Chomp at the bit while they pull on your reins

You got nothing to lose but your chains

Take off the blinkers and watch their eyes dilate