Intro:
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Brother, you know we're all in this alone,
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Take what you can get, break all but your bones
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And when they finally ask you "well, what have you done?"
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Say "life is a game and I've won, yes I've won.
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Say "life is a game and I've won!"
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You gave the asphalt a heave and then looked back at me,
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Said "that is a word from the wise ones indeed"
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When you've been here this long, one day you belong
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One day you wake up and forget what seemed wrong.
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And the first day of May, well it quietly passed by,
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And the bosses still reign five to nine.
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And you curse when I say words like "living" and "wage"
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You say "I made my house outta mud, so should they.
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Now the ball field is level, let's play!"
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I think of the bullets, the blood, and the rage
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That went in there to stir up the eight hour day
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Seems the masters have found themselves new rats to cage
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And the price for a union is great
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Well they gave her a raise so they raised up her rent
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She says "I'll never burst from this box that I'm in!"
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But she's too scared to talk, to step off the sidewalk,
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So she shrugs it all off as the luck of the draw
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And the labor you cry that's been robbed from your kind
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With dirt on your hands and sweat in your eyes
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If the fortunate son really wants to eat dust,
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Well I'm sure there's a good chance he'll be hired
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There's a million stories of the crimes left to rot
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But I never will raise as long as I sleep on the job
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Oh yeah, you say "brother, you know, we're all in this alone
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Take what you can get, break all but your bones
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And when they finally ask us well what have you done?"
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Say "life is a game and I'm done!"
