The Company Song

The Company Song

By Melanie Anne Phillips

from the "Tarnished Karma" album
Music and lyrics by Melanie Anne Phillips
Vocals by David Michael Phillips
(Hear the song in Real Audio)

Every morning I cling to my bed,
While lost opportunities dance in my head.
No time for problems or pleasures or life,
I gotta win bread for the kids and the wife,
SO I'M SINGING THE COMPANY SONG.

Race through the door so the card gets its punch,
Open my locker and throw in my lunch.
Hundreds of papers and thousands of parts,
When they blow the whistle the whole damn thing starts,
AND I'M SINGING THE COMPANY SONG

Every two hours a ten minute break,
But don't fall behind on the things that you make.
Meet all your deadlines, your quotas and goals,
And maybe you'll get a small raise, but who knows,
WHEN YOUR SINGING THE COMPANY SONG.

When I was younger, I used to wonder,
What would I be when I grew?
I never considered the way its turn out,
I would've stayed young if I knew.

Privateer politics, cloaked in good will,
Backstabbing rumors that wound more than kill,
Lack of respect and the pain that it brings,
These are a few of my favorite things,
WHEN I'M SINGING THE COMPANY SONG.

Don't make suggestions and don't act too smart,
Or thirty-year fools will take you apart.
Humor the fools and buy them their beers,
And you'll be a fool in thirty odd years,
WHEN YOU'RE SINGING THE COMPANY SONG.

Now that I'm older, sometimes I wonder,
How it turned out this way?
But somehow the answer becomes more obscure,
Or just matters less every day.

Now, I've got security, you understand,
In a ten percent vested retirement plan.
And if I should die, well there's no need to grieve,
They won't let me go 'cause I'm out of sick leave,
AND I'M SINGING THE COMPANY SONG,
I'm singing the company song....

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