Up in flames and down and out   That's where you find out what it's all about   We're the same they got both you and me   This road ain't easy street   You gotta make your own breaks   Or you're gonna get beat   And spend the rest of your life trying to find   Where you got lost      Go ahead try and break your chains   That's when you'll see that it's all a game   The deck is stacked and the won't let you win   On the street there's a neon sign   It say's take it easy boy cause it's the end of the line   It's a dead end street and it'll break a good man's will      Oh going up in flames   Oh going up in flames   Oh keep trying but it's all the same   Oh going up in flames      I just don't want to hang around   In the bars the streets or the slums in this town   This place is nowhere and that's just where you'll stay   You could say that you think I'm wrong   But you wouldn't last in these shoes for long   Trying to face a future that's going up in flames      Oh going up in flames   Oh going up in flames   Oh keep trying but it's all the same   Oh going up in flames