All my life I've been a workin' man

When I was at school they said that's all you'll ever understand

No profession. I didn't figure in their plans

So they sent me down factory to be a workin' man



All I lived for, All I lived for

All I lived for was to get out of the factory

Now I'm here seemingly free, but working at the factory.



The music came along and gave new life to me

And gave me hope back in 1983

The music came and set me free

From working at the factory



All I lived for, All I lived for

All I lived for was to get out of the factory

All I lived for, All I lived for

All I lived for was to get out of the factory



Never wanted to be like everybody else

But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf

They sold us a dream but in reality

It was just another factory

I made the music , thought that was mine

It made me free , but that was in another time

But then the corporations and the big combines

Turned musicians into factory workers on assembly lines.



All I lived for, All I lived for

All I lived for was to get out of the factory

We made the music to set ourselves free

From working at the factory.



All my life I've put in a working day

Now it's sign the contract. Get production on the way



Take the money, make the music pay

Working at the factory

All I lived for was to get out of the factory.



Never wanted to be like everybody else

But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf

They sold us a dream but in reality

Was just another factory



Working at the factory.