Crazy thing about the current situation Well, people read of bankers stealing With the runaway inflation And all the union men are striking You can hear their voices holler "Oh, well, you'll get your ten or twenty But your work ain't worth a dollar" Can you hear them groan Hear them b**h and moan See them near and far No matter who they are They'll never get too far Never get too far Never get there No, no I had a fight with my old lady She say violence isn't proper Oh, well, she told me she was leaving There was no way I could stop her Now I don't got nobody Do my washing, do my cooking Well, I'm a hard-working man I ain't got time to be good-looking Hey! Well, what's the entry fee In this high society What you gonna do When it all depends on you Good luck, baby! Well, I'm training for the war I can see the war is coming Oh, I don't know if I'll be called I know I won't be running And all the leaders of the nation Will be on the phone a-crying But they don't know me when I fight And they won't help me when I'm dying Can you hear them groan Hear them b**h and moan No matter who they are They'll never get too far, no Can you hear them groan Hear them b**h and moan No matter who they are They'll never get too far Get too far Whoa, get too far Get too far No, no, no, no, get too far Whoa-whoa-whoa-oh-whoa Whoa-oh-oh-whoa I can see the war a-coming But I know I won't be running 'Cause I'll never get too far Oh, the union may be crying They'll be cheating, they'll be lying But they'll never get too far All the leaders of the nation Turn their backs on this inflation But they'll never get too far Oh-whoa-whoa-oh-whoa Whoa-oh-whoa