You're made to live like running clockwork They make you run like living clockwork There's never time to think about the future 8 hours a day to earn a living 8 hours a day to sleep it off 8 hours a day to lose it (so democratic) You have to pay for time for thinking They make you pay for time for lying You're made to pay for time for dying They extend The years they spend Investing time They fear the end And when you're given any time off You're only filling in the hours Between the earning and the spending It's done to teach us time is money They want to make us think that time is money A clockface measures out the cost of living It takes a minute to believe them It takes an hour to see they're wrong But it takes a life to tell them Never You have to pay for time for breathing They make you pay for time for feeding You're made to pay for time for stealing
They never give you Never give you Never give you Time They pay the daily breadline You pay them back in time So you always fall behind them They've taken time to run in circles They've taken life to run in circles For you and me to run in circles No future life (a carnal time) It's down to beat the clock out Messing with the hands Knock, knock them out of joint A fight for a change of time The right to shape your life The right to make our life They never give you Never give you Never give you Time Taking the trouble Coming together Forcing the issue We've got to strike to kick the clock out We've got to strike to kick the clock out We've got to strike to kick the clock out We've got to strike to kick the clock out You've got to change You've got to change You've got to change You've got to change Time