They say I'm flesh and blood on the insidenguts and bonesnbut i feel I'm steelnThey say my mind is mush on the insidenbroken plansnand bad ideasnnOh but I feel there's so much more than thatni'm not a chemical in a vatnto test and usenMy mind is calling to a higher pathna journey that occurred to menisn't mine to choosennAnd everyday I learn there's someonennew who wants another piece of menAnd everywhere I turn there's someonennew who wants some of my timenAnd everywhere I go there's someonennew who wants to take a shot at menAnd everytime I slip that's another tricknthat I gotta learnnnEven though I've cut my teeth in the trenchesnI stood in linenI've paid my duesnI can't say I'm workin much on my pensionnBut I've done my timenand I've read the newsnand you know how they gonnBut oh Lord I ain't been given time enoughnTo suffer for the things I wantnthat I don't havenYeah I know there's deeper meaningnto my lifenthen to die on someone's production linenA troubled mannnAnd everyday I learn there's someonennew who wants another piece of menAnd everywhere I turn there's someonennew who wants some of my timenAnd everywhere I go there's someonennew who wants to take a shot at menAnd everytime I slip that's another tricknthat I gotta learnnnUh huhnOh yeahnOh nonUh huhnOh yeahnSo much more that I gotta learn...nnAnd everyday I learn there's someonennew who wants another piece of menAnd everywhere I turn there's someonennew who wants some of my timenAnd everywhere I go there's someonennew who wants to take a shot at menAnd everytime I slip that's another tricknthat I gotta learnnnWhoah ohnWhoah ohnOh ohnOh oh