You get nothin' for nothin'
Well, who can you trust today
If you don't watch out for yourself
Well, you could get yourself blown away
Spend your whole life
Fightin' for that one big deal
You're savin' it up while they're raisin' the price
You lose it all on the roll of a dice
Breakin' your back, bustin' your balls
Not enough slack, too many telephone calls
So far down when the walls cave in
When the bough breaks, you get nothin' again
When you're down and out
And there ain't no one on your side
The clock watchers start to count
They try to bury you and me alive
It's always somethin' else
But then again it ain't nothin', nothin' at all
You're savin' your chips, stackin' 'em tall
You sit back and watch your dominoes fallin' down
Breakin' your back, bustin' your balls
Not enough slack, too many telephone calls
So far down when the walls cave in
When the bough breaks
They try to push you so hard, hard, hard
To make a livin'
You take it so far, far, far
But you never get back what you're givin' in
What you're givin' in
You're breakin' your back
Bustin' your balls
Not enough slack
Too many telephone calls
Breakin' your back, bustin' your balls
Not enough slack, too many telephone calls
So far down when the walls cave in
When the bough breaks
Nothin' for nothin'
I'll tell what you get, you get nothin' at all
Nothin' at all
Nothin' for nothin'
Nothin' at all
You keep stackin' 'em tall
Oh, you watch your dominoes fall
Just watch 'em fallin'
Watch 'em fallin'
Watch 'em fallin'
Down, down, down, down, down, down, down