Robben Ford - Lateral Climb lyrics

The sun heats up another working day Coffee, tea, and I'm on my way Try to beat the traffic And maybe yesterdays time Try to make a little progress In what's lookin' like a lateral climb Put behind me, my spendthrift ways And I've made more money than I did in those days Used to carry a debt of twenty grand (bankin kind?) And I've still got nothin' It's lookin like a lateral climb Our leader's addicted To oil and war Says it's freedom that we're fightin' for Applause, applause For bald face white collar crime And they leave you stranded Believin' in a lateral climb The sun heats up another working day Coffee, tea, and I'm on my way What once was a dollar Is lookin' more like a dime Heads up people It's nothin' but a lateral climb A lateral climb