WHEELS GO AROUND
Just out of diapers, only 3 years old
Only 3 years old, but already a cog
In the big bad machine, and this is what they told me
This is what they told me, one day I'll need a job
So they sent me off to kindergarten, no time to play
Gotta get some grades, so don't mess around
It's all for your future so do what they tell you
So I did what they told me and the wheels went around
Went on to primary and the real learnin started
The real learnin started, it was harder than before
But I did what they told me cos the future is comin
The future is comin, and that's what it's all for
Got the grades that I needed and it got me to highschool
Finally in highschool but no time for slowin down
Cos grades must be gotten, university is callin
University is callin and the wheels go around
I got me to Uni and the work just kept piling
The work just kept pilin but it was all for the cause
Cos later when I'm finished I can get me a good job
I can get me a good job, it'll open all the doors
And I got me a good job and I stepped on the ladder
And the top of the ladder was so high from the ground
So they told me I should work hard if I wanna climb the ladder
Cos you gotta climb the ladder it's how the wheels go around
The years went by and I climbed up the ladder
I climbed up the ladder and I got to the top
By the time I was 50 I was tired and a hurtin
I was tired and a hurtin, and feelin pretty lost
Cos I'd spent my whole life workin for my future
Lookin to my future and you know what I found
You can miss out on life just to keep the wheels a turnin
Cos as fast as you turn, the future never comes around.
Just out of diapers, only 3 years old
Only 3 years old, but already a cog
In the big bad machine, and this is what they told me
This is what they told me, one day I'll need a job
So they sent me off to kindergarten, no time to play
Gotta get some grades, so don't mess around
It's all for your future so do what they tell you
So I did what they told me and the wheels went around
Went on to primary and the real learnin started
The real learnin started, it was harder than before
But I did what they told me cos the future is comin
The future is comin, and that's what it's all for
Got the grades that I needed and it got me to highschool
Finally in highschool but no time for slowin down
Cos grades must be gotten, university is callin
University is callin and the wheels go around
I got me to Uni and the work just kept piling
The work just kept pilin but it was all for the cause
Cos later when I'm finished I can get me a good job
I can get me a good job, it'll open all the doors
And I got me a good job and I stepped on the ladder
And the top of the ladder was so high from the ground
So they told me I should work hard if I wanna climb the ladder
Cos you gotta climb the ladder it's how the wheels go around
The years went by and I climbed up the ladder
I climbed up the ladder and I got to the top
By the time I was 50 I was tired and a hurtin
I was tired and a hurtin, and feelin pretty lost
Cos I'd spent my whole life workin for my future
Lookin to my future and you know what I found
You can miss out on life just to keep the wheels a turnin
Cos as fast as you turn, the future never comes around.