The Kingpins - All the World's a Cage lyrics

Let me out were the first words I ever said All the world's a cage I watch the zookeeper weave his web All the world's a cage You pull me on a leash, and beg me to follow I cut my throat on the words that I swallow You ask me to sign, you whip out a chair When the curtain came up, there was nobody there You promised that the world was mine You chained me to the borderline Now I'm just sitting here doing time All the world's a cage I'm a twenty-something child, was a ringin' in my ears All the world's a cage From the playpen to the top ten, I'll be screaming for years All the world's a cage You made me play with stories Want to show them the stars If I could slip through the cracks I wouldn't be here on Mars I speak your words and obey your rules Written by strangers and guarded by fools Who keep me scared at night Please read me my rights Cause I'm just sitting here down time All the world's a cage The sky's gonna fall down on you And the ground will swallow you whole Your bones will become the bars of the cage that'll emprison your soul Your teeth'll fall out but your tongue'll still tell you Go from cradle to grave and go back to your shelf Mark off the time on the walls of your cell While others are free by the records you sell Not to waive my right, that'll be my only crime I'm just sittin' here wasting time All the world's a cage