The Wind Whistles - Good Friends Won't Rip You Off lyrics

I'm taking some time now every day to walk around the block And see what's new so I'm not surprised when I'm running out of time in this fast city, you'd better run quick Or you're running late or running into me City Hall's locked up no one's getting in no one's coming out No one gives a damn about politics anymore You say your mind's messed up we've got medicine, pills for aches and pains If you're feeling ill, take a few of these and a bottle for the road I don't have a friend who will promise everything And then break each and every word I don't have a friend who will tax me when I work And then tax me once more when I spend Oh yeah, good friends won't rip you off but you're government probably will Oh yeah, good friends won't piss you off but you're government probably will I'm taking a break every yesterday to examine my life And the way I've lived it and how I'm comfortable In search of the life of luxury, we forget our dreams And what they mean to find what we don't need And I see the lights they light up the night, so much you can't Even see the stars, unless they happen to be on the TV screen And the roads cracked up, we're still driving them, and the lake Dried up, we're still fishing for any compliment a person can get I don't have a friend who will drop minimum wage While raising the tuition rates I don't have a friend who will tax judge what I am worth By my income in a fiscal year Oh yeah, good friends won't rip you off but you're government probably will Oh yeah, good friends won't piss you off but you're government probably will