[VERSE]
Just being here today I feel just like a long lost friend
Well just wait around cause the desperation's kicking in

[Chorus]
Yeah, it's already starting to mix with one of my best pieces of fiction
And it's called I'll be getting by and I'll make ends meat
Does the forty-hour week have you bent at the knees
And you can't even see that everything's kept just out of reach?

[VERSE]
Ever get that funny feeling that your future's not gonna be legit
And that for sale sign that's hanging on your neck might as well spell defeat?

[Chorus]
Yeah, it's already starting to mix with one of my best pieces of fiction
And it's called I'll be getting by and I'll make ends meat
Does the forty-hour week have you bent at the knees
And you can't even see that everything's kept just out of reach?
[OUTRO]
My American dream is to have it a little bit better than my parents ever had it
My American dream is to have it a little bit better than my parents ever had it
My American dream is to have it a little bit better than it's just a force habit
My American dream is to have it a little bit better than my parents ever had it