Dan's Management Blues

Verse 1

Thirty minutes

That is all a man needs

But the clock

It starts to bleed

Staring at the drywall

Counting every grease stain on the ceiling

Cold coffee

Bitter taste

Total waste

Chorus

One hundred and thirty slides

Watching the spirit die

Management review

Coming for you

One hundred and thirty slides

Hell is a tie

And a button down shirt

Verse 2

Dan

Lean and mean

He wants to run

Get the job done

The boss pulls the curtain

Three hours of nothing

Three hours of heavy breathing

He points a laser at a graph

Nobody dares to laugh

Slide forty-two

Looking at the blue

Data points

Aching joints

Chorus

One hundred and thirty slides

Watching the spirit die

Management review

Coming for you

One hundred and thirty slides

Hell is a tie

And a button down shirt

Bridge

Click

Next page

Click

Golden cage

The radiator hums a funeral march

Stiff with starch

My soul is thinning out

Like cheap industrial carpet

Verse 3

Shadows

Long and gray

Hide the day

I am a ghost in a rolling chair

Pulling my hair

Slide ninety-nine

Losing my mind

Losing my mind

Losing my mind

The projector fan

Is a dying man

Screaming for the exit sign

Chorus

One hundred and thirty slides

Watching the spirit die

Management review

Coming for you

One hundred and thirty slides

Hell is a tie

And a button down shirt

Outro

Thirty minutes

He took three hours

I lead

He follows the cursor

Around the screen

The ghost in the machine

Just one more slide

Just one more

Click

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Go home

Dan