I know a guy who lives in a box    He built it himself of cement and rocks    And he'll never come out though I beg and plead    He's got all that he wants if not all that he needs    You see he couldn't take the world and what it's done to him    He just had to escape, had to shut himself in    Now his walls are his friends so he's never alone    And he's never bothered in his cubic home      Living in a box    Every night and day    Living in a box    And I'm here to stay    Living in a box    There's no escape    And though I try   I can never get away, HEY!      Out in my box that is also my van    Just another six weeks of one night stands    And I can't get away, cause it's where that I go    From the van to the club to our nightly hotel    You see it takes me to places, even took me to you    I got no choice, I gotta pay my dues    Worth it or not, there's no escape from my cell    One hour of fun for twenty three of Hell      Living in a box for so long   I got to find my way out to go on    And what I got is no time for you    I'm in my box without a thing to do      Look at yourself, you're living the same    Locked behind walls that your brother has made    You were born in a box, you work in a box, you live in a box AND YOU'LL DIE IN A BOX    So much more that's outside your sphere    But you walk on by never knowing how near    So much more than the walls do show    But if you're not very careful then you'll never know!