You work hard now To put the food on the table You're working for the men Who don't even know your name That's the way that it goes When you're down here with the rest of us You might lose now Your beautiful children Your happy home, yeah And your beautiful wife That's the way that it goes When you're down here with the rest of us You'll suffer hard now As you bury Your loved ones You'll suffer hard now When you lose your best friend That's the way that it goes When you're down here with the rest of us That's the way that it goes And i know how you feel No ones immune now To a world of problems No ones exempt now From a world of pain That's the way that it goes When you're down here with the rest of us I try hard now To do the right thing Yet i wonder Why i still do what's wrong That's the way that it goes When you're down here with the rest of us That's the way that it goes And i know how you feel