working at the factory

all my life

i've been a workin' man

when i was at school they said that's all you'll ever understand

no profession

i didn't figure in their plans

so they sent me down the factory to be a workin' man

all i lived for

all i lived for

all i lived for was to get out of the factory

now i'm here seemingly free

but working at the factory

then music came along and gave new life to me

and gave me hope back in 1963

the music came and set me free

from working at the factory

all i lived for

all i lived for

was to get out of the factory

all i lived for

all i lived for

was to get out of the factory

never wanted to be like everybody else

but now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf

they sold us a dream but in reality

it was just another factory

i made the music

thought that it was mine

it made me free

but that was in another time

but then the corporations and the big combines

turned musicians into factory workers on assembly lines

all we live for

all we live for

all we live for is to get out of the factory

we made the music to set ourselves free

from working at the factory

all my life i've put in a working day

now it's sign the contract

get production on the way

take the money

make the music pay

working at the factory

all i lived for was to get out of the factory

never wanted to be like everybody else

but now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf

they sold us a dream that in reality

was just another factory

working at the factory