Day Job

Day Job

Chorus

I don't wanna work my day job
But I got bills I gotta pay off
It may not be good manners
But I don't wanna be staring at a screen
Pretending that it matters at my day job
But my retirement is still a way off
I'm afraid of what it's made me
I'm stressed out
Somebody tell me how I'm supposed to get out
[Sigh]

Verse 1

This white collar is a little too tight
I'm struggling to breathe and all I see
Is squares of white blue light
I might not make it in tomorrow
Sorry for the fake deadlines that I broke
Hey, middle manager
I sold you my best years and my posture
To be one more body making your wheel spin
So nine to five I'm only thinking one thing

Chorus

I don't wanna work my day job
But I got bills I gotta pay off
It may not be good manners
But I don't wanna be staring at a screen
Pretending that it matters at my day job
But my retirement is still a way off
I'm afraid of what it's made me
I'm stressed out
Somebody tell me how I'm supposed to get out

Verse 2

I should feel lucky that I got one
Unemployment is a real problem
I should save for something, I don't know yet
Real estate never got me going
I should climb the ladder that I wanna be on
And stop complaining that I'm just a corporate peon
To be honest
It's someone else's dream
But it ain't me, and that's alright
Yeah, it's okay
But is it too much to ask to not feel
Like I'm wasting away

Chorus

Whenever I'm working at my day job
But I got bills I gotta pay off
It may not be good manners
But I don't wanna be staring at a screen
Pretending that it matters at my day job
But my retirement is still a way off
I'm afraid of what it's made me
I'm stressed out
Somebody tell me how I'm supposed to get out

Bridge

I don't wanna work my, I don't wanna work my
I don't wanna work my, I don't wanna work my
I don't wanna work my, I don't wanna work my
I don't wanna work my day job
Day job, day job
I don't wanna work my, I don't wanna work my
I don't wanna work my, I don't wanna work my
I don't wanna work my, I don't wanna work my
I don't wanna work my day job
Day job, day job

Outro

50 years from now what would I spend
To live today again
50 years from now will my savings account
Be worth what I'm missing now
Working at my day job
But I got bills I gotta pay off
It may not be good manners
But I don't wanna be
Staring at a screen
Pretending that it matters
At my day job
But my retirement is still a way off
I'm afraid of what it's made me
I'm stressed out
Somebody tell me how I'm supposed to get out