Money makes the world go round so they tax us/
And use the cash to keep the earth spinning on its axis/
The constant flow stops the globe from turning backwards/
We tap into the root of all evil for extraction/
Itching from the withdrawal symptoms/
‘Addicted to a bit more’ syndrome/
Every bank teller has a pitchfork with them/
And every kid wants twenty gifts for Christmas/
Landlords lick their lips when I hand them rent/
You mean I went to uni only to be 50 grand in debt?
Man, I sweat, bleed and cry for the Man and yet/
He still bleeds me dry from his private caravan and jet/
We yawn in thе morning and sigh at night/
We’re always bored and unsatisfiеd with life/
Sell your soul, add to the toll ‘til the price is right/
But it’s going up and up ‘til we’re all high as kites
It feels so wrong but I’m making it right/
Saving to buy but I’m paying the price/
All along I’ve been just wasting my time/
Saying “I’m fine, it’s just another day in the life”/
I don’t belong here, I’m escaping tonight/
I’m waving goodbye and I’ll take your advice/
Sing this song in the queue, waiting in line/
Take a number, it’s just another day in the life
Slaving for the boss, another day, another dollar/
Of blue-collar work for a pay so I can prosper/
To save for a holiday away from the job I hate/
So make another offer coming straight out of my pocket/
How many more early mornings and late nights/
Do I have to slave for before I get a pay rise?
They say ‘hang tight’, I’m dangling from a great height/
I don’t suffer stage fright but shopping is a cage dive/
Man, it takes time but the media makes vegetables/
Out of us all, we need something meatier/
More substance in the food for thought/
They force-feed us on the TV, believe me, we need sustenance/
Tell me to buy all this shit I don’t need/
But I want it ‘cause he’s got it and if I don’t, he/
Will be better than me with fresh kicks on both feet/
It’s so cheap comparing us on things we won’t keep
It feels so wrong but I’m making it right/
Saving to buy but I’m paying the price/
All along I’ve been just wasting my time/
Saying “I’m fine, it’s just another day in the life”/
I don’t belong here, I’m escaping tonight/
I’m waving goodbye and I’ll take your advice/
Sing this song in the queue, waiting in line/
Take a number, it’s just another day in the life
Trade your day job for a daydream/
‘Cause you and me play on all the same teams/
You can choose to stay on every pay week/
Or just get laid off, what do they seek?
Clocking on and off, a job, a boss/
And running at a constant loss is not/
Quite what I had in mind for my life/
But I’ve gotta be on the grind to get by/
Tie the knot, buy a house, have a couple of kids/
Make enough money to leave at least one of them rich/
How does what you have determine who somebody is?
Fuck all that shit, I’m enough as it is/
We’re all taught that we should have a happy marriage and a mortgage/
Before you end up with heavy baggage in the morgue but/
If you spend your whole life trying to carry it then all/
You’re left with at the end of the day is your back against the wall
It feels so wrong but I’m making it right/
Saving to buy but I’m paying the price/
All along I’ve been just wasting my time/
Saying “I’m fine, it’s just another day in the life”/
I don’t belong here, I’m escaping tonight/
I’m waving goodbye and I’ll take your advice/
Sing this song in the queue, waiting in line/
Take a number, it’s just another day in the life
