You better watch yourself or maybe you'll Wake up and be working for minimum wage Slaving away on a deck with your hands Just to grab yourself a dollar a day Cross-eyed bruised well how could you go and Lose what you held in your hand like a jewel Just keep on talking I can see your mouth moving But I know you don't know what you're doing You are no master of the inconsequential lie You better shape up if you think you're gonna get by You ought to stop and take a breath and have A smoke and just ease into the other side Courses that you're setting well you best be Soon forgetting 'cause it's never up to you to decide You are no keeper of the inconsequential ties You better stop and think and open up your eyes You are no master of the inconsequential lie You better shape up if you think you're gonna get by You are no keeper of the inconsequential ties You better stop and think and realize