Regulators
Telling you how to breathe
You won't take one second of my time
You box tickers
Coffee's your only vice
Are you alive or are you dead?
How do you cope?
What makes you tick?
Where's your passion?
Did you get everything you ever asked for?
I'm fed up with your boxes and lines
Won't wait for the day that you'll open up your minds
I'm big enough to stay out of your live
But I'm not big enough to wait in your damn lines
Contradictions
In everything you do and say
Where is your common sense my friend?
And if you get me into a little room with no view
I won't make your day an easy one
How do you cope?
What makes you tick?
Where's your passion?
Did you get everything you ever asked for?
I'm fed up with your boxes and lines
Won't wait for the day that you'll open up your minds
I'm big enough to stay out of your lives
But I'm not big enough to wait in your damn lines
No sir, I won't
Abide
credits
from Bread and Seaweed,
released November 26, 2016
Written by James McCuaig and performed by Bread and Seaweed
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