Stuck On The Treadmill

The money goes out, the bills come in

Round and round we go again

I come close but I never win

I'm stuck on the treadmill



Another day of punching steel

Till my arm's too numb to feel

Like a hamster on a wheel

I'm stuck on the treadmill



Wish I knew a better way

To keep myself alive

Shaking sheets of metal

Every day from 9 to 5

Others may be living

But me, I just survive

Me, I just survive



Machine's screaming in my ear

Wasn't I just standing here?

I went to sleep, I grabbed a beer

Now I'm stuck on the treadmill



Me and the robot working away

He looks at me, as if to say

"I'll be doing your job someday"

I'm stuck on the treadmill



Wish I knew a better way

To keep myself alive

Shaking sheets of metal

Every day from 9 to 5

Others may be living

But me, I just survive

Me, I just survive



Jobs are going by the score

They're laying off a hundred more

20 years and they show you the door

I'm stuck on the treadmill



Strike's coming, trouble's brewing

Whole town's going to rack and ruin

Next year, what'll I be doing?

I'm stuck on the treadmill