Work Future Perfect

A A Life is Work! F#m That's what they say E E7 I scribbled all over the back A Of the proof of my pay A I was singin' it's work F#m And that's work til you die E E7 Go on, make that dollar for somebody else A Maybe they'll hand you a dime D A Oh, it's an endless degradation E A It's a hundred thousand little lacerations D Dm The payoff of which couldn't fit A E On any check that anyone could conceivably cut D E Oh, and you bleed, and you bleed and you bleed A And the earth just laps it up A Oh Work! F#m You're why I still smoke! E E7 And I gotta drink beer at the end of the day A 'Cos I gotta cope A Oh, with all of the Work! F#m That I suffer through E What they say is the Truth E7 A And that I should be thankful to do D A Oh but they will mock us and they will mistreat us E A Til they can replace us all with an app or a kiosk D Dm And apathy is the natural byproduct A E Of being exhausted and sick all the time D E So don't tell me that working like this A Is the meaning of life A F#m E E7 A D A E A D Dm A E D E A A So yeah, I Work! F#m But I try not to be defined E By what gets me paid A For an hour of my time D A 'Cos it's just a means to an ending E A And all of the energy that I end up expending D I will get it back in spades Dm A E When the systems that necessitate D All of this Work! E Fall apart A E A And we can work for ourselves for a change! A So we gotta Work! F#m 'Cos none of our visions E Of a better tomorrow E7 A Are ever gonna come to fruition A Without a whole lot of Work! F#m And that's all there is to it E So, God Dammit E7 A I guess that we gotta do it! D Oh but that looks like A So many things E E7 That these economics A They could never conceive D Of all of our value A Or measure our worth E E7 No, I will not let them tell me A What it means to do Work! A