Welcome to the Rat Race

from Crazy World by The Blazing Suns

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Welcome to the world kid, here's some standardized tests
And once you're done with those you can have some student loan debt
And in the meantime here's some other kids to break you down
Oh yeah they're gonna break you down, down, down

You've got no time to waste, you gotta start preparing for the future
So you don't fail at life
You might not have it quite as good as Mom and Dad did
But maybe if you work real hard you'll manage to scrape by

Welcome to the rat race, you're gonna love it here, I just know it
You're gonna love it here
Welcome to the rat race, you're never gonna win it, but you still gotta stay in it
Til you die, til you die

It's a world of rising seas and rising inequality
A shrinking middle class and a growing sense of dread
And yet they wonder why you don't buy diamonds
Why you don't have kids
Why you're anxious and depressed

And so you dream of revolution, and of overthrowing everything
But you don't know where to start
Maybe you'll get around to it next week
Cause right now you're too busy trying not to fall apart

Please don't give up hope, cause you're the only hope that we've got left
You're all that we've got left
Please don't give up hope, cause you're the only hope that we've got left
You're all that we've got left

Welcome to the rat race, you're gonna love it here, I just know it
You're gonna love it here
Welcome to the rat race, you're never gonna win it, but you still gotta stay in it
Til you die, til you die

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from Crazy World, released September 1, 2020

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