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Living for the weekend
Working for the grind
Files in the briefcase
And business on the mind
Saving up for something
A brand new shiny toy
One you don't require
And don’t enjoy

No rest for the weary
Who race to get ahead
Going for the gold,
But going broke instead
Trying to get a leg up
By stepping on some toes
Crippling each other but
Everybody knows

Innocence like tempers
Needs to be conserved
You know you’ve lost it when you lose it
At least that’s what I’ve heard
It’s a cruel, cruel, world

The world is like a factory
With gnashing metal gears
But this machine isn’t working
It hasn’t been for years
And people are like products
Built only to break
I think planned obsolescence
Was a mistake

Here’s to second guessing!
I used to be so sure
But now that I am confessing
I’m not that anymore
I’ve lost my confidence in
The people at the top
Making all the money
And calling shots
“A home is all we wanted!’
The bankers all agree-
“We’ll help you up to here in debt
That’s how it’s supposed to be…”
Cause it’s a cruel, cruel world

America, the beauty
So lonely by herself
She's made and lost a fortune
And compromised her health
She doesn’t have insurance
The bill is coming due
America your eyes are red
You’re black and blue

Nations always crumble
Rome was bound to fall
But really in the abstract
Aren’t we all?
It’s a cruel, cruel world

There’s beauty and disorder
As boundless as the sea
I hope it makes more sense to you
Than the sense it makes to me
And here we are in free-fall
Singular in space
The universe above us
A holy place

A feeling is a feeling
The bad comes with the good
I want to understand it
And to be understood
Cause it’s a cool, cool world

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from Quarantine Songs Volume II, released June 24, 2022

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Riverman Orlando, Florida

Steve Hedrick is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He lives in Orlando, Fl with his wife and two children. He is currently working on new material and will post it when it's finished.

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