They don't pay us enough
To suffer for the trust
I'm gonna take what's mine
Before the cause gets just
Take what's mine before I run out of time
Before the face on the monument
Pays me a compliment

Every now and then, I think of how it could've been
If the candidate I backed had been a good time
Drinks for my enemies, sunny days in front of me
I used to want love, but now I want money
East coast, west coast, I think I'll lighten my load
And dump my luggage, and fall in line
Stuck in the middle with no voice, no coast
Nothin' but a river and a shoreline

They don't pay us enough
To suffer for the trust
I'm gonna take what's mine
Before the cause gets just
Take what's mine before I run out of time
Before the face on the monument
Pays me a compliment

(Spoken)
I'd like to thank the academy once again for lettin' me
Stand up here to tell you how I feel
And when I win again I think I'll bring my girlfriend
And leave my mama back in East Moline
Yeah, when I win again I think I'll thank the servicemen
And the government, 'cause now I got money, they're my friends
The teachers and the realtors, the rotary and police
The posse with the philosophy of what it is to be free
To be free [x3]

They don't pay us enough
To suffer for the trust
I'm gonna take what's mine
Before the cause gets just
Take what's mine before I run out of time
Before the face on the monument [x3]
Pays me a compliment