Papa
They're waiting
just outside
my door
This is where
I make my stand
Cause I can't
stand it anymore
Papa
They have no
heart and soul
But make no
doubt about it
They're the ones
that in control
So prepare yourself
for a war
unlike you've
ever seen
This is man
against machine
Work work work
Day in day out
Bust your back
and turn it out
Next bought and
do it all again
Hard job or two
So your children
won't have to
That's just
the ways
it's always been
But lately I
swear the machine
Are living the
American dream
Careful calculations
Details drawn
down to design
Is it really
for the better
or a better
bottom line
Don't know me
from Adam
Man it's rotten
to the core
It's gonna
get reminded
that man's kicked
it's ass before
John Henry's about
to show honesty
In this war of man
against machine
Work
Work
Work
Work
Up early up hills
Spend your youth
to pay the bills
Each generation
makes a trade
Top floor
brass tax
Holds the hand
that holds the ax
Acts like
my dues have
not been paid
But pay attention
now when I say
Formation isn't
happening today
Careful calculations
Details drawn
down to design
Is it really
for the better
or a better
part of life
Don't know me
from Adam
it's rotten
to the core
It's gonna
get reminded that
man's kicked
it's ass before
John Henry's about
to blow off
some steam
In this war
of man
against machine
Papa
The power's off
the machines
are down
In this world
of darkness
I can still
hear a sound
Papa
That sound
tears us apart
Cause I'm a
machine myself
But I am one
with a
working heart
Careful calculations
Details drawn
down to design
Is it really
for the better
or a better
bottom line
Don't know me
from Adam
Man it's rotten
to the core
It's gonna
get reminded that
man's kicked
it's ass before
The gloves
are off no love
lost between
In this war
of man
against machine
Against machine
Against machine
Against machine