Another Cog in the Machine

Let's work men!

One! Two! One! Two, let's go!

One! Two! One! Two, three, Go!

Put your backs into it, lads!

No slacking off!

You're can have plenty of rest when you're dead!

Keep it up!

4 am. I'm on my way

Working on the railroad to earn my pay

All day long, I strike and pound as I drive, drive, drive

Those stakes into the ground

Everyday the same ol' thing

Same old heavy hammer that I go swing

Massive throbbing in my brain

And it's drive, drive, driving me insane

All in all, I'm just another cog in the machine

All my life I slave for a reward that's never seen

Doubt that I'll get out of here, but Lord knows I can dream

Something more than being just another cog in the machine

"Carry on" is what they say

Telling us we'll see our labors fruits one day

Soon this rail will take men far as they drive, drive, drive

Those big box cars

So we work to pave the way

A better tomorrow, but a harsh today

Still I fail to see the light

As we drive, drive, drive all through the night

All in all, I'm just another cog in the machine

All my life I slave for a reward that's never seen

I can't keep from wondering just what does it all mean

Something more than being just another cog in the machine

All in all, I'm just another cog in the machine

We can't all be royalty, or grace the silver screen

I was born to be another cog in the machine

Caring for my family, on me they all can lean

Working hard, but living for the moments in between

In the end each one of us is just a cog in the machine