Climb Before the Fall

[Verse 1]

He was just a poor boy livin' down by the railroad tracks

His father worked so hard to provide that he died of a cardiac

He made himself a promise to leave the poverty behind

Now climbing up the corporate ladder is all that matters in his grand design

[Chorus]

You can forget about friends in your climb before your fall

The climb before the fall

Alone at the top you feel the pressure pulling you

And you try in your mind to repent your sins in your climb before your fall

The climb before the fall

Change your ways or you will pay in your dying days

In the end, in the end, in the end

[Verse 2]

Sunrise now and he has to get to work

He's gotta tell someone what to do

Lives his life thinkin' how to get ahead

Kickin' off his corporate shoes

Throws his credit cards in everyone's face

Name droppin' 'cause he thinks it's cool

Doesn't realize he doesn't know how to act

He's just lookin' like a complete fool

[Chorus]

You can forget about friends in your climb before your fall

The climb before the fall

Alone at the top you feel the pressure pulling you

And you try in your mind to repent your sins in your climb before your fall

The climb before the fall

Change your ways or you will pay in your dying days

In the end, in the end, in the end

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

He left everyone he loved alone out in the cold

His mother was standing in the welfare line

While he was up to his neck in gold

Now he's become a millionaire and he's sitting right at the top

But he found that the higher up the mountain

Means the longer that you're gonna drop

[Chorus]

You can forget about friends in your climb before your fall

The climb before the fall

Alone at the top you feel the pressure pulling you

And you try in your mind to repent your sins in your climb before your fall

The climb before the fall

Change your ways or you will pay in your dying days

In the end, in the end, in the end

In the end, in the end, in the end

In the end, in the end, in the end

In the end, in the end, in the end