Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin' It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin' They just use your mind and they never give you credit 9 to 5, yeah they got you where they want you There's a

But mama just wants to barrel house all night long I was up the road on easy street Watching everybody stand around and cheat A man comes up and says Move along back to the corner where you belong I hear the city singing like a siren choir Some fool

Upside down beside the ocean Would last longer than that week did Blown away and barely breathin' And we spent that week wide open I didn't know where it was goin' Just tryin' to keep my heart on the tracks I should've known that kind of feelin' Sunday

We'll set sail Dead man tell no tales It's like nowhere else Put it on a wall it'll still be there We'll pull the ropes off the boat We'll throw 'em up on the dock We'll let the stars be our God No we don't need no clock Yeah, I see you there wind in

I've got the old man's car I've got a jazz guitar I've got a tab at Zanzibar She's waiting out in Shantytown She's gonna pull the curtains down for me, for me Tonight that's where I'll be Ali dances and the audience applauds Though he's bathed in sweat

She was a big star It feels good in the hot spotlight At Banana Joe's Bar Where she sang karaoke every night She said if you work hard to get where you are She's a big star She was aware of her insecurities As she took the stage But she was convinced if

Where do we go from here? When I need you We don't have any real friends Just lying in a bar with my drip feed on Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen I want to live, breathe The words are coming out all weird Where are you now?

Where do they go? They come here To drown in their sorrow and cry in their beer They’re in need of a mind-bender I’m a bartender At the end of the day I’m all they’ve got Hope on the rocks Brady was a baseball star

And I, I can barely breathe And I don't know what to do Doin' everything, tryin' to keep my cool But it's hot, hot, hot in here Yeah, I can't take her anywhere It's so hot, hot, hot in here Oh, so hot, hot, hot in here She jumped in my truck in her bare

We will fight to save this We will fight to keep it alive This is a 'cause worth fighting for We will rescue and restore This is a barren wasteland A lonely place Where inspiration goes to die Rescue the beauty that's left Restore the character that's