Racing like a rat trying to escape the maze.

Putting in eight hours, constantly stuck in a haze

Paycheck, the sweet drug keeping me trapped in the game

Always thirsting for more, oh what a shame.

Searching like an eagle for the American dream

But it’s all a lie or so it would seem.

Told me I was hard working because of my muddy boots

Yet we are expendable to the ones in the suits

Hunting like a lion putting meat on the table

Am I going crazy or is it the economy that's unstable?

How green I was when I was first hired

Can’t ask for a raise or I’ll be fired

Working like Atlas, the weight of the world on my back.

Trying to provide for my precious kids: Julie, Tim, and Jack

King Midas’s money making rich men richer

If I had a wish, make income flow in quicker

Racing like a rat trying to escape the maze

What will it take to get me out of this daze?