Every day I'm a slave to the grind

Think I'm loosing my mind

9 to 5 ain't mu kind of routine

Ain't nobody's machine

Boss says: think of the future

But what about today?

'Cos if I die tomorrow

There ain't no time to waste



I'm leaving

I'm doing my own thing

I'll do it...on my own



Wanna feel I'm alive, I'm a man

Gonna do all I can

Gonna try til I get what I need

Never give ups my creed

Make up your mind and do it

And feel you're wild at heart

Life is to short to worry

You've got to make a start



Up from zero - to where I wanna be

No one's hero - I do it just for me

Up from zero - it may be hard to do

No one's hero - but you can make it too



Outta work, outta cash, outta booze

But I won't sing no blues

Gonna play, gonna will, wanna bet?

Don't you think I'm done yet

When bad luck gets me down, hey

I'll just get up again

No room for desperation

'Cos I like happy ends



I'll rise up

Show you what I can take

I'll make it...check it out



Doesn't help to complain about your fate

Cos there ain't no escape

What you do is you put up a fight

Get a grip, set things right

When she starts getting nasty

Look fortune in the eye

She will smile down upon you

If you just really try



Up from zero - to where I wanna be

No one's hero - I do it just for me

Up from zero - it may be hard to do

No one's hero - but you can make it too



Every day I'm a slave to the grind

Think I'm loosing my mind

9 to 5 ain't mu kind of routine

Ain't nobody's machine

Boss says: think of the future

But what about today?

'Cos if I die tomorrow

There ain't no time to waste



I'm leaving

I'm doing my own thing

I'll do it...on my own



Wanna feel I'm alive, I'm a man

Gonna do all I can

Gonna try til I get what I need

Never give ups my creed

Make up your mind and do it

And feel you're wild at heart

Life is to short to worry

You've got to make a start



Up from zero - to where I wanna be

No one's hero - I do it just for me

Up from zero - it may be hard to do

No one's hero - but you can make it too