Richard Thompson - Stuck On The Treadmill lyrics

Thompson Well, 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? Went to sleep, grabbed a beer 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 some day' Stuck on the treadmill. I 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 Twenty years and they show you the door I'm stuck on the treadmill. Strike's coming, trouble's brewing Whole town going to rack and ruin Next year, what'll I be doing? Stuck on the treadmill.