We're all running just as fast as we can  To beat each other to the promised land     You make a living trying to work off your blues, while  They're spending billions just to buy and sell you your life     But the man in the back just smiles  All is well     You're holding out for the light beyond the tunnel  Pouring out your soul into a funnel  Looking around for a path to follow  You won't find it if you're looking for tomorrow  It's today, and the man in the back he just smiles     The man says this, The man says that  The man sits in the chair, then the man he gets fat    Everybody comes up and sees  Everybody comes up and says  We're gonna change it now  But today is the day     If anything you ever said was important to anyone  Wouldn't there be someone listening now     If anything you ever said made a difference to anyone  Wouldn't there be someone feeling it now     When you say thats not fair  Don't think that they care     We're all running just as fast as we can  To get a piece of anything that we can  Everybody's just trying to get by  Everybody's just trying to stay high     While the man in the back just smiles  All is well     Everybody's got to raise their voice  Everybody's got to make a choice  The man says he's got to have more worth  So we stink up the sky and we fuck up the earth