The Happy Prole

[Verse 1: Sam Coomes]

Every day

We earn our meager pay

But it takes its toll

To play the happy prole

[Verse 2: Sam Coomes]

They buy your labor

Try to steal your soul

Bite the bullet

Hold your tongue

And play the happy prole

[Verse 3: Sam Coomes]

Paranoid and tired

Quit before you're fired

But they've got you in the hole

So you play the happy prole

[Chorus: Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss]

You need the money

So you've got to play it dumb

But if you play it long enough

It's just what you'll become

[Verse 4: Sam Coomes]

Pay your rent

Pay your bills

Pay the doctor for your pills

So you can work another day

As life slips away