Atmosphere - Guarantees

These ^Emwarehouse wages Kill the ends introduction Man I should have schooled it up When I was younger should have stuck to plan ^AmAlways had the dreams of bein' more self assertive And my kids a teenager now he needs the health insurance S^Emo break my body Break break my soul down Just another zombie walkin' blindly through your ghost town ^AmPull up to the bar to politic and tap the power Ain't nobody really all that jolly at your happy hour ^EmBut I don't want to go home yet So I'm gonna talk to my cigarette And that television set ^AmIt doesn't matter what brand or station Anything to take away from the current situation

^EmNo overtime pay, no holiday Months behind on everything but the lottery ^AmWinter around the corner guaranteein' that my car dies Wifey havin' trouble tryin' to juggle both the part times ^EmMy cup ain't close to filled up We tryin' to build up so we can have enough And when ^AmI finally get the color There won't be nothing left to paint on A friend of mine tried to kill himself to the same song

My better ^Emhalf is mad at making magic out of canned goods My tax bracket status her questionin' my manhood ^AmMy shorty got caught smoking weed at a concert And if I smack em everybody treats me like a monster ^EmMy neighbors ain't doin' much better And we making competition instead of stickin' together ^AmCan't save no nest egg, in fact this nest is rented In fact that rent is late, wait ^EmThe money ain't here the raise ain't comin' Just me and my son and that crazy woman ^AmAnd those bartenders this whole fuckin' country Got everybody swallowin' that lunch meat ^EmMaybe we can speed up the process Kill me in my thirties in the name of progress ^AmPut me in the dirt and then change the topic Some time it seems like the only way to stop it ^EmContemplate my departure date Doesn't take a lot to get a lot of us to talk this way ^AmTake a shot at me that's all I'm obligated for Apparently my only guarantee is a walk away

Th^Eme only guarantee in life is a life worth dyin' ^Amfor Cause ^Emdeath don't wait for no one Sittin' on your front ^Amdoor Th^Eme only guarantee in life is a life worth dyin' ^Amfor Cause ^Emdeath don't wait for no one Sittin' on your front ^Amdoor