See an old car on the flatbed Think of all the months it's been Now it's pushed into a tin can That's the way it's always been See the people on the outside Think of all they could've been Now they put up with their day jobs Put up with it to you Cause they're worrying about taxes Paying off credit cards Living in their boxes That's the way it's always been And you admire ingenuity But you couldn't handle the instability But I see you knock them all down One more back down See the old band on the down slide Think of all the months they've been Now they're pushed into a small van That's the way it's always been When it holds together like a compound fracture I look and see why you couldn't follow me But I see you knocked them all down Why don't back down