I Will Not Be Denied

歌詞

I was raised to be a fighter, I've been sluggin' all my life Got a job, a house, a mortgage, two kids but just one wife But I've been behind on points ever since the second round The market keeps on goin' up while I keep slippin' down I'm all punched out from work and family I need a break, stand back and fan me My corner says we just can't win The fight is rigged, the fix is in Ain't no rest for the weary, no mercy for the just plain ordinary people Nobody we can trust, no reason to believe and no relief in sight Ain't no justice in the world, still I will not be denied Just one is one too many and a thousand ain't enough I'm addicted to consumption, I keep jonesing for the stuff Still there must be more than this, to fill this gaping hole Or does the road to glory really dead end at the mall? Father please hear my confession I am a slave to my possessions I toil in vain from dawn till dark I owe my soul to mastercard Standing at the news stand by the sex and cigarettes I noticed in the head lines, much to my regret Sweeping allegations as to who's been in kahootz And twelve investigations into who took all the loot There are snipers and assassins who claim they just report And philistines and vandals at the court of last resort There are pious politicians who would save us from our sin Why do I get the feeling we'd get sodomized again?