Anything is better
Than feeling listless and alone
Or beating up oneself for a job
Lost through no fault of their own
For me it’s layoff number five
After 52 yrs alive and two businesses blown
Tell me what is it I’m missing
about these tycoons who deign to kiss the throne?
It’s not for lack of trying
Or not kowtowing to the order of the day
No matter what I do or wear
There are words I’ll never say
Made a bunch of cogent arguments
Tried to do things the right way
Couldn’t change things from inside
They saw me coming from a mile away
So when they come,
Assume they always come for you
Never give more than is asked
Stay on task and hold on tight to what is true
Know the line that you won’t cross
Has a price so know its cost so it don’t surprise you
I’m with you on the other side
Make them rue the day they ever thought to mess with you
No one's ever accountable
for the wreckage of a slow authoritarian coup
They'll shift some algorithm again
Before another round of cuts begins
So when they come,
Assume they always come for you
Never give more than is asked
Stay on task and hold on tight to what is true
Know the line that you won’t cross
Has a price so know its cost so it don’t surprise you
Backing track, still under construction
