We kick the bucket and they drink us dry Non essential work down on supply We till the soil and work the fields Another twenty years My fingers bleed You've gotta believe it It's gotta be seen to believed A crisis of faith and and an honest mistake It can break your resolve This tattered life torn and despised It can swallow you whole At the mercy of this machine Our price to pay Our burden to bear Taking liberties with an innocent lie Just another cog in this infernal machine Another fifty years for someone to see You've gotta believe it It's gotta be seen to believed A crisis of faith and and an honest mistake It can break your resolve This tattered life torn and despised It can swallow you whole At the mercy of their machine We're at the mercy of their machines Shake hands (shake hands) With the captains of industry (4x) Shake hands with the captains of industry (3x)