Lyrics

Human Capital
Down on my luck, yeah, I’m my only product to sell.
But I’m not much to look at, and I haven’t been feeling so well.
Broke down by thirty, a failure to thrive.
Hunger and worry are my only drive.
Indoctrinated into the American Dream.
But I’m a mistake; I don’t fit into the machine.
I’ve lost my ambition. I’m worn past my prime.
I’m worth nothing to them, useless unless I’m …
Ticking like a clock
on the line ‘cause time must not be wasted,
Busy taking stock in two or three jobs they “created.”
They’ll drop me like a rock to hoist their profits even higher,
but every buck and block they have was made and laid by our
Human Capital
The heads keep on talking like I am a problem to solve.
It’s not that I’m lazy; I’m just never fit for the job.
And how can they pay me what I do not earn?
How can they teach me if I will not learn —
how to beat the clock to meet another increase in production,
elevate the stock before their corporate election,
give it all I’ve got, while they make another round of layoffs,
all so they can block more legislation with their payoffs?
I’m only human
I’m only human.
I’m only Human Capital.