TAKE ON LIFE

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Take on Life

Man gets up every morning
Man puts on his suit and tie
Says good bye to the wife
Everybody's got to take on life
Man makes it up to his office
A quick hello and a coffee hit
Bites his lips to a grip like vice
Everybody's got to take on life

Watch the world weep from his spreadsheet
As he calculates the cost
Sullen faces and databases
And a mean ol devil boss

Man goes out for his lunch break
One hour of sweet solitude
A little cafe - a tea and slice
Everybody's got to take on life
Man makes it back for the weekly team building exercise
Oh! To be patronised!
Everybody's got to take on life

Watch the world go by the window
He doesn't listen to a word they say
Inspiration, motivation
He needs that holiday!

Watch the world though another You Tube ‘skip ad’ video
It beats that flowchart
The one with no heart
He's working late again he knows

Man gets home of an evening
Wants to lose that suit and tie
Oh! He sure knows why it's time to roll that dice
It's time to pay the price from that grip like vice
It's time to grab a slice
He's gonna tell the wife
It's time to take on Life

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from TAKE ON LIFE, released September 9, 2016

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