Dancing for the Paycheck

Verse 1

Five o'clock alarm like a hammer on glass

Suit and tie like a noose that fits just right

Same train every morning same nervous cough

Clock punches through my skin and steals the light

Pre-Chorus

Another month another envelope so thin

Another grin I paint across my face

Chorus

I'm dancing for the paycheck that won't come

Wearing out my shoes on borrowed ground

Counting coins that scatter like the rain

Trapped in this machine that grinds me down

Post-Chorus

Down down down down

Grind me down

Verse 2

Boss man smiles like a wolf in cheap cologne

My mother says be grateful that you're fed

But the pantry's full and the soul's a bone

And I'm serving years inside a golden cage instead

Pre-Chorus

Another Monday another borrowed prayer

Another reason why I shouldn't care

Chorus

I'm dancing for the paycheck that won't come

Wearing out my shoes on borrowed ground

Counting coins that scatter like the rain

Trapped in this machine that grinds me down

Post-Chorus

Down down down down

Grind me down

Bridge

One day I'll light this desk on fire

Grab my guitar and walk on out the door

I'll sing my songs for bread and wine

Poor as hell but rich for sure

Chorus

I'm dancing for the paycheck that won't come

Wearing out my shoes on borrowed ground

Counting coins that scatter like the rain

Trapped in this machine that grinds me down

Post-Chorus

Down down down down

Grind me down