Everyday we earn our meager pay
But it takes it's toll to play the happy prole
The buy your labor, try to steal your soul -
Bite the bullet, hold your tongue and play the happy prole
Paranoid and tired - quit before you're fired
But they've got you in the hole, so you play happy prole
You need the money so you got to play it dumb,
But if you play it long enough it's just what you become
Pay your rent, pay your bills, pay the doctor for your pills
So you can work another day, as life slips away