wasting oxygen

the times they are a-changing

the land is growing pale

there are far too many people and no fresh air to inhale

but many do not know this

they live in a cocoon

unhealthy and unmotivated

they wallow in their doom

and they think they don't harm you or me

but they're wasting oxygen

a scarce commodity

just sit around wasting oxygen

they're miserable but free

some say you deserve pity

you're a victim not a cause

of the difficult socio-economic milieu and oppressive laws

but who can make a judgment

at the risk of sounding brash

you'd make the world a little better if you'd get up off your ass

and i'm sorry if this may sound terse

but you're wasting oxygen

you have no net worth

just sit around wasting oxygen

just take up room on earth

you're wasting oxygen

everybody's got to deal with scarcity

there's just ain't enough to go around

but your value doesn't out weigh your cost to the world

but i know no one would cry if you were lost but never found

you're wasting oxygen

a scarce commodity

you're wasting oxygen!