I'm in search of greener pastures   Don't like my garden's what I said   Although I'm working harder than last year   I'm still deep in the red      I am rowing as hard as I can   And they're selling me up a stream   I'm always a one more step away   From the American dream      I got a chip on my shoulder   About the size of a mental block   And I've got someone on the telephone   Trying to sell me a future in stock      Maybe I work too hard to be happy   And I should practice letting go   But it's hard not to rock the boat   When you're sailing against the undertow      I want to slide into the black   And wear the black mask   I might not get what I lack   But it doesn't hurt to ask      If I want to sail   I need my life to be breezier   I said "Please God or someone   Make it easier"      I went to Sunday school every Sunday   Swallowed the bait and I got the hook   When I needed something someday   I would read the real good book      And tell me, what does it take to get ahead?   Times I know I'd sell my soul   It looks like everybody else is flying   And I'm crawling in the hole      Well, maybe if I open my own business   Maybe if I buy the lottery ticket   Someone tell me what is the secret   We're gettin' out of the thicket      Give me more than just a sample   I need a whole lot of, lot of glory   My life become an example   Of the American success story      I want to slide into the black   And wear the black mask   I might not get what I lack   But it doesn't hurt to ask      If I want to sail   I need my life to be breezier   I said "Please God or someone   Make it easier"      I want to slide into the black   And wear the black mask   I might not get what I lack   But it doesn't hurt to ask      If I want to sail   I need my life to be breezier   I said "Please God or someone   Make it easier   Make it easier   Make it easier"