You work hard now, to put the food on the table You're working for the man who don't even know your name That's the way that it goes when you're down here with the rest of us You might lose now, your beautiful children Your happy home yea, and your beautiful wife That's the way that it goes when you're down here with the rest of us You'll suffer hard now, as you bury your loved ones You'll suffer hard now, when you lose your best friend That's the way that it goes when you're down here with the rest of us That's the way that it goes and I know how you feel No ones immune now, from a world of problems No ones exempt now, from a world of pain That's the way that it goes when you're down here with the rest of us I try hard now, to do the right thing Yet I wonder, why I still do what's wrong That's the way that it goes when you're down here with the rest of us That's the way that it goes and I know how you feel.