We're all running just as fast as we can
To beat each other to the promised land


You make a living trying to work off your blues, while
They're spending billions just to buy and sell you your life


But the man in the back just smiles
All is well


You're holding out for the light beyond the tunnel
Pouring out your soul into a funnel
Looking around for a path to follow

You won't find it if you're looking for tomorrow
It's today, and the man in the back he just smiles


The man says this, The man says that
The man sits in the chair, then the man he gets fat


Everybody comes up and sees
Everybody comes up and says
We're gonna change it now

But today is the day

If anything you ever said was important to anyone

Wouldn't there be someone listening now

If anything you ever said made a difference to anyone

Wouldn't there be someone feeling it now

When you say that's not fair

Don't think that they care

We're all running just as fast as we can

To get a piece of anything that we can
Everybody's just trying to get by
Everybody's just trying to stay high


While the man in the back just smiles
All is well


Everybody's got to raise their voice
Everybody's got to make a choice

The man says he's got to have more worth
So we stink up the sky and we $#&@ up the earth