Rat Race

We all lost a year to the doldrums When they start coughing, they got one hand on the coffin And we all lost a year to the doldrums You say you've given too much, they say never enough Hey, it's not a prison sentence You got your freedom, shut the fuck up with ya questions Hey, is my life is an ashtray? Like my heart and my mind in a state of decay And every single day, you and me are in last place Hey, hey, in the rat race (In the rat race) (In the rat race) (In the rat race) We all lost a year to the doldrums Staring at the headlines, is it getting ya down? We all lost a year to the doldrums You put a clown in the crown, and wonder why we got a problem Hey, it's not a prison sentence You got your freedom, shut the fuck up with ya questions Hey, is my life is an ashtray? Like my heart and my mind, in a state of decay And every single day, you and me are in last place Hey, hey, in the rat race (In the rat race) (In the rat race) Tear gas on the breeze Bodies swing from trees Burning flags and friendly fire The racists and the liars have the lead In the rat race In the rat race In the rat race In the rat race In the rat race In the rat race In the rat race In the rat race