The Breakdown

How could things be so easy some days
 And so hard in times when I could use
 Some help coming by my way
 I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
 You say that I should be somebody
 Don't you think that I'd be funny
 In a suit and tie, ol' mister nine-to-five
 I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
 I've been rackin' my brain
 Trying to find a way to make ends meet
 I've been making two bridges
 Write you songs that you can sing
 There ain't anybody else that I could be
 Say, how long will it be now
 How long will it be now
 How long will it be now
 How long will it take to make him see my side
 I ain't no nine to five
 I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
 If you could only own a mountain made of solid gold
 What difference would it make
 You'd just have more to break
 And I don't know why you won't take me for myself
 I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
 I just don't know why you won't take me for myself
 I just don't know why you won't take me for myself