See the way the wind blows 
Lives are intertwined 
Watch the way the world goes 
The man deals out our plight 

Jester in the corner 
Laughs without a sound 
Jester in the corner 
Malady abounds 

In our souls 
In our souls 
In our souls 

See the way the sun sets 
Twilight of this life 
The man is making little bets 
Playing with our lives 

All that I believe now 
Anything is possible 
A simple explanation 
For the evil in this world 

And in our souls 
In our souls 
In our souls 
In our souls 

Oooh oooh, no 

Come down to sorry and sable 
It's always the man 
He's always keeping you down 
Bow down 'cause I see it before me 
Shadow and light 
That always keeps you running 

Oooh, shut up, you talk too much 
Oooh, pay the man now, yeah 
Oooh, shut up, you talk too much 
Oooh, pay now, pay now, now, now 

Look at you and your struggle for freedom 
But you ain't nothing 
We all pay the man for living 
Wouldn't it be nice for a change now 
To be unchained 
My life is for me now 

But this is life 
This is life 
This is life 
This is life 

Pay the man now 
Pay the man now 
Pay the man now 
He's the man, now 

Oooh, shut up, you talk too much 
Oooh, pay the man now, yeah 
Oooh, shut up, you talk too much 
Oooh 

Oooh oooh, no 

Whoa 
Whoa 
Whoa (now, now) 
Whoa (now) 

Oooh, shut up, you talk too much 
Oooh, pay the man now, yeah 

My life is for me, oh, oh, oh