Zoetrope - Company Man lyrics

You can't tell how thick your shell can get when you abide By a lifestyle that ain't worthwhile But you continue what you're doing On the hot sheet at the right time you get eaten by the hungry hand Good examples so you say is what you're making out of everyone CHORUS: Work all day you think all night ain't gonna sign my life away And there ain't no one as dumb as you, the company man Hammer and chisel insight on you I see if you're all there But you're long gone just a shambles of what could have been real And you tell me that it's my fault when I come short of pleasing you At the same time I can tell you that you'll end up in a ball and chain CHORUS Look here no mind who laughs last laughs best The company man takes from anyone's hand and he don't give a damn The company man takes from anyone's hand just to get where he can The company man he won't start seeing until he stops believing The company man That a nine to five is all you need to be alive The company man you think you're alive but your brain has done died