Stare at the ceiling in the living room Another day of going through the motions Empty chatter of the evening news Yesterday's dinner heating on the stove, and You must be joking This can't be living And if it is, is it really what I want? Keep justifying it Just what everybody does when they're young You must be kidding Everybody waits five days to have any fun We're not really living right All this waiting on the weekend to come A corner office and a paycheck too Might not be broke but you can still be broken You think retirement will wait for you 65 years old, where do you think you're going? Just keep on hoping, yeah This can't be living And if it is, is it really what I want? Keep justifying it Just what everybody does when they're young You must be kidding Everybody waits five days to have any fun We're not really living right All this waiting on the weekend to come I drink the world of all its very best I wanna soak up all it has to offer Won't live in worry or in fear of death Some things have higher value than the dollar If this is it why do I even bother? This can't be living And if it is, is it really what I want? Keep justifying it Just what everybody does when they're young You must be kidding Everybody waits five days to have any fun We're not really living right All this waiting on the weekend to come