You work hard, now, to put the food on the table You're working for a man, 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 one's immune, now, to a world of problems No one's 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 do I still do what's wrong That's the way that it goes when you're down here with the rest of us Thats the way that it goes, and I know how you feel