18 you think you're free 
to be what you wanna be 
Have a job or 2 or 3- 
You'll say you're sorry 
Don't try to run or fight 
Ask how or when or why 
Who cares what wrong or right 
It's money that matters 

Each day just like the next 
We struggle on and on 
In nightmares, but we're still marching 
Handcuffed to life again 
Don't try they'll only push you down 
What's opportunity? 
You've got what you've wanted now! 

How long 'till I'm my own? 
Independence doesn't start when you leave home 

Locked in, can't get out 
Your cube is your new home 
4 walls; no windows, no doors 
Handcuffed to life again 
Don't try they'll only push you down 
What's opportunity? 
You've got what you wanted now! 

How long 'till I'm my own? 
Independence doesn't start when you leave home 

you thought you could get away from rules and regulations 
if you could just get away from home, 
but now you're finding out the sad reality, 
you're trapped again, 
but this time you're on your own. 

How long 'till I'm my own? 
Independence doesn't start when you leave home 

Handcuffed to life again 
What's opportunity? 
You've got what you wanted now! 

How long 'till I'm my own? 
Independence doesn't start when you leave home
How long 'till I'm my own? 
Independence doesn't start when you leave home