You work hard now  To put the food on the table  You're working for the men  Who don't even know your name  That's the way that it goes  When you're down here with the rest of us  You might lose now  Your beautiful children  Your happy home, yeah  And your beautiful wife  That's the way that it goes  When you're down here with the rest of us    You'll suffer hard now  As you bury  Your loved ones  You'll suffer hard now  When you lose your best friend  That's the way that it goes  When you're down here with the rest of us  That's the way that it goes  And I know how you feel    No ones immune now  To a world of problems  No ones exempt now  From a world of pain  That's the way that it goes  When you're down here with the rest of us    I try hard now  To do the right thing  Yet I wonder  Why I still do what's wrong  That's the way that it goes  When you're down here with the rest of us  That's the way that it goes  And I know how you feel