You keep telling me
To climb this ladder
I've got to pay my dues
But as I rise
The stakes get higher
I've got the capitalist blues
When I give everything
I won't have much more to lose
I am swimming in an ocean of sharks
They are telling me how I'm gonna make my little mark
In this cold cold world
It can be such a cold cold world

You keep telling me to go a little higher
Try to take a different view
But you can see
I'm not inspired
I've got the capitalist blues
And if I give everything
I won't have much more to lose
It's not fair
It's not right
I don't know what I'm gonna do with my life
It's not fair
It's not right
I wasn't born to just endure all this strive
Trying to make my way
In this cold cold world
I can be such a cold cold world