Complacency Blues (Wall Street trilogy #1)

(E) Now the stock market's up
the jobs are down
What the hell's going (B7) on?
The spin doctors say
"It is okay"
But we know there's something (E) wrong

You know life is a gift
and I wonder why
We swallow
all of this (B7) shit
Why we sit around
and we don't hunker down
And do a better job of (E) it

We pay our taxes
We pay our dues
We do as we are (B7) told
But the government's slick
So don't get sick
And for God's sake
don't get (E) old

Oh life is a gift
and I wonder why
We swallow
all of this (B7) shit
Why we sit around
and we don't hunker down
Do a better job of (E) it

Now companies move
their production around
They follow
the bottom (B7) line
They like free trade
cause the way it's played
They don't need to toe
any (E) line

Well life is a gift
and I wonder why
We swallow
all of this (B7) shit
Why we sit around
and we don't hunker down
Do a better job of (E) it

Well the rich get more
as more get less
And what amazes (B7) me
Is the wealthy few
Can say "Screw you"
To the vast major (B7) ity

Well life is a gift
and I wonder why
We swallow
all of this (B7) shit
Why we sit around
and we don't hunker down
Do a better job of (E) it

Now advertiser's
picture life
As one big jolly (B7) ride
It ain't no sweat
so long as you get
The right product
on your (E) side

Oh life is a gift
and I wonder why
We swallow
all of this (B7) shit
Why we sit around
and we don't hunker down
Do a better job of (E) it

So wisdom now
is number two
Cause clever
is number (B7) one
We don't do things
because they're wise
We do them because
they're (E) fun

Oh life is a gift
and I wonder why
We swallow
all of this (B7) shit
Why we sit around
and we don't hunker down
Do a better job of (E) it

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