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Nine to five is eating us alive, eating us alive

 We are not kings we are foot soldiers

 Walking the road to nowhere

This is not the way it was supposed to be

 We promised ourselves a revolution

 But it ended up walking out in the cold again

Is there any other place for us to go

 Or is there even anywhere that we know no, no, no no no

 The thoughts in our heads are killin' us in our beds

Take a look outside and all I see

 Is the back of the person in front of me y'know

How do they expect us to relate

 When they fill our heads with lies

 And then have the cheek to wonder why we grow to hate them

Is there any other place for us to go

 Or is there even anywhere that we know no no

 Except for downtown, downtown

All of the kids in our neighborhoods

 Are feelin' sorry for themselves

 Goin' downtown, downtown

Nothing you can do can make no difference

 You make a difference

Oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh, ooh now now now

Nine to five has eaten us alive, spit us out that's fine

 We're ok, we can roll with the punches any day because

We're made of steel and we're made of stone

 We can do it on our own

 We're never alone, we're never alone

Is there any other place for us to go

 Or is there even anywhere that we know no no

 Except for downtown, downtown

All of the kids in our neighborhoods

 Are feelin' sorry for themselves

 Goin' downtown, downtown

Nothing you can do can make no difference

 You make a difference