Stuck On The Treadmill Lyrics - Electric - Richard Thompson

The money goes out, the bills come in 

Round and round we go again 

I come close but I never win 

I'm stuck on the treadmill 

Another day of punching steel 

Till my arm's too numb to feel 

Like a hamster on a wheel 

I'm stuck on the treadmill 

Wish I knew a better way 

To keep myself alive 

Shaking sheets of metal 

Every day from 9 to 5 

Others may be living 

But me, I just survive 

Me, I just survive 

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Machine's screaming in my ear 

Wasn't I just standing here? 

I went to sleep, I grabbed a beer 

Now I'm stuck on the treadmill 

Me and the robot working away 

He looks at me, as if to say 

"I'll be doing your job someday" 

I'm stuck on the treadmill 

Wish I knew a better way 

To keep myself alive 

Shaking sheets of metal 

Every day from 9 to 5 

Others may be living 

But me, I just survive 

Me, I just survive 

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Jobs are going by the score 

They're laying off a hundred more 

20 years and they show you the door 

I'm stuck on the treadmill 

Strike's coming, trouble's brewing 

Whole town's going to rack and ruin 

Next year, what'll I be doing? 

I'm stuck on the treadmill