Average Man

Dag Nasty

He looks back to the days when the lyrics and chords meant everything



These days he stares at the screen so complacent and without dreams



Change, but he can't hide it - that's the story of an average man



He needs goods and services for which he pays a premium



Just a display for his neighbors dot-comers who earned a fortune



Change, but we can't hide it - that's the story of an average man



Take us to our cubicles today



And it's the hell we make o.k.



Nobody cares, nobody cares, no one cares about the average man



Burnt toast at 6 a.m. it's not gourmet, but it's adequate



Waste away precious hours in front of the flat screen monitor



Change, but you can't hide it - that's the story of an average man



Take us to our cubicles today



And it's the hell we make o.k.



Nobody cares, nobody cares, no one cares about the average man



Just when you think you've got everything you've got nothing at all



Take us to our cubicles today



Take us to our cubicles today



Take us to the hell we made



Take us to the hell we made



Can we escape? can we escape?



How can we escape the hell we've made?



Can we escape? can we escape?



Everyday there's something new it just goes on and on



I try to take a different view still I'm doing something wrong



Burning but I hesitate to burn this final bridge



Yearning for a better way to say 'to hell with this'



I'm twisted again



Doubled in pain



A shell of myself is all that will remain



Bills spilling out onto the floor welcome to life my friend



Working but there's so many more will this shit never end?



Too much responsibility I just can't take much more



And when you act so cold it just points me to that door



I'm twisted again



I'm twisted again



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