The sun heats up another workin' day
Coffee, keys and I'm on my way
Try to beat the traffic and maybe yesterday's time
Try to make a little progress in what's lookin' like a lateral climb
Put behind me my spendthrift ways
And I've made more money than I did in those days
Used to carry a debt of twenty grand [Incomprehensible]
And I've still got nothin', it's lookin' like a lateral climb
Our leaders' addicted to oil and war
Says it's freedom that we're fightin' for
Applause, applause for bald faced white collar crime
And they leave you stranded believin' in a lateral climb, okay
Sun heats up another workin' day
Coffee, keys and I'm on my way
What once was a dollar is lookin' more like a dime
Heads up people, it's nothin' but a lateral climb
Oh, a lateral climb