I've seen a lot of rip-offs in my life
Seen a lot of scams
A lot of crooks and crooked schemes, crooked sharks
Part one of the story reads
The liquor store thief
The stick up man
Thrown into the clink
Never coming back until the day he's grey and old
I seen a lot of rip-offs in my life

The rip-offs of the old and the young, the weak, the sick
The never known
Stabbed repeatedly in the back by the Wall Street suit
The Washington hack
Lining up their pockets with the people's cash and

Laughing all the way to the bank
Do you want to live your life as a slave?
In chains from the cradle to the grave
The economy is suffering, let it die
I seen a lot of bailouts in my life
But where are the bailouts for the homeless and the poor?
And while we're on the subject
I could use a few bucks for a guitar amp
A new six string, and a tank of gas
Everything that I want

We're so fucked and we don't give a fuck, no
We're so fucked, but no we just don't care, no
We're so fucked, this world is shit out of luck
And we don't give a fuck

When the cities burn down we'll all be warm
When the cities burn down we'll all keep warm
When the cities burn down we'll all be warm