| He was just a poor boy livin' down by the railroad tracks
|
| His father worked so hard to provide that he died of a cardiac
|
| He made himself a promise to leave the poverty behind
|
| Now climbing up the corporate ladder
|
| is all that matters in his grand design
|
| You can forget about friends in your climb before your fall
|
| The climb before the fall
|
| Alone at the top you feel the pressure pulling you
|
| And you try in your mind
|
| to repent your sins in your climb before your fall
|
| The climb before the fall
|
| Change your ways or you will pay in your dying days
|
| In the end, in the end, in the end
|
| Sunrise now and he has to get to work,
|
| he’s gotta tell someone what to do Lives his life thinkin' how to get ahead,
|
| kickin' of his corporate shoes
|
| Throws his credit cards in everyone’s face,
|
| name droppin' 'cause he thinks it’s cool
|
| Doesn’t realize he doesn’t know how to act,
|
| he’s just lookin' like a complete fool
|
| He left everyone he loved alone out in the cold
|
| His mother was standing in the welfare line
|
| while he was up to his neck in gold
|
| Now he’s become a millionaire
|
| and he’s sitting right at the top
|
| But he found that the higher up the mountain
|
| means the longer that you’re gonna drop |