Story Behind The Song
Day jobs for corporate America sucking the life and soul out of Skipp.
Song Description
The narrator laments his normal desk job where the only good thing is having benefits and wishes that he would become a famous musician so that he could do what he wants. He becomes a musician but the management dictates what he can do in the interest of the bottom line.
| Song Length |
3:37 |
Genre |
Rock - Modern, Rock - Punk |
| Tempo |
Fast (151 - 170) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Frantic, Delighted |
Subject |
General, Musician |
| Similar Artists |
Green Day, Weezer |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
I know, everytime, I walk through
these glass doors I lose another little piece of my soul---I
know, existence is the dollar sign, and I'll go through these
doors, just about 10,000 times more---But I wonder---What
if I could sing a song and you send me money to sing along
and---I'd spend my days writing a thousand more---What if I
could sing a song and you send me money to sing along and-
--I quit my job as a corporate whore---I'm working for the
man---little as I can---But I'm still just working for the man--
-I'm working for the man---but I gotta health plan---And I'm
still just working for the man---I heard that the band is
signed, and that we'll go on tour, so I can tell the man to
blow---Just heard, from the management, that I must change
my style---And words like 'blow' will have to go---But I
wonder---What if I could sing a song and make just enough
money to get along---Then I really wouldn't have to listen to
anyone's shit---What if I could sing a song and make just
enough money to get along---Then I wouldn't have to be the
corporations bitch---I'm working for the man---little as I
can---But I'm still just working for the man---I'm working for
the man---but I gotta Rock band---And we're all just working
for the Man---I can't stand working for the Man---We can't
stand working for the Man