Musical Cages

Pack away your wordy rhymes
 'Cause it's all a waste of time
 You can't sell your precious art
 But there's a cure for bleeding hearts
 We've all gotta swim to the bottom
 The fun begins at the bottom
 The air gets thin at the bottom line
 It's deep - sea green at the bottom
 It gets pretty mean at the bottom
 It's a back - stabbin' scene at the bottom line
 Never mind your "noble" fight
 Or your whims of wrong & right
 You're getting weaker by the hour
 Because those ghost have lost their power
 They must kneel to the bottom
 That's what's real at the bottom
 Beg, borrow, steal at the bottom line
 But if you can score at the bottom
 You can hide from the roar of the bottom
 Of the class - color war at the bottom line
 Trade your childhood guise
 For a suit of grown - up sighs
 Just a hypocrite, you see
 You're no different than me
 It's the haves & have - nots at the bottom
 Take your best shot at the bottom
 The soup's gettin' hot at the bottom line
 But once you take a drink from the bottom
 Like a stone you'll sink to the bottom
 There'll be no time to think at the bottom line
 There's a shady lookin' guy at the bottom
 Don't look him in the eye at the bottom
 Hurry on by at the bottom line
 Let the buyer beware at the bottom
 It ain't all about fair at the bottom
 I'll see you there at the bottom line
 It's the haves & have - nots
 Take your best shot at the bottom
 I'll save you a spot at the bottom line