Verse 1
Talkin’ heads talking on TV/Heard Karl Rove’s lyin’ sound bite/
Tellin’ us all what to think/Cuz you know he’s seen the light/                               
He’s thinks he’s pretty slick/That fat cat chicken hawk/
But it’s always someone else dyin’/Ol’ Turd Blossom never walks the walk/
And out here in the real world/Hard times are here/right now today/
And havin’ to live out on the street/Is just a paycheck away/

Verse 2
Driving to the gas pump/Price keeps going up and up/
Guess those good old oil boys/Really need the bucks/
It surely does seem shady/It sure does seem corrupt/
They’ll probably start another war/And let your grand kids pony up/
And out here in the real world/Hard times are here/right now today/
And havin’ to live out on the street/Is just a paycheck away/

Chorus
Just a paycheck away/Just a paycheck away/
Hear me now people/Hear what I say/
Out here in the real world/Hard times are here right now today/
And havin’ to live out on the street/Is just a paycheck away/

Instrumental Break/Guitar Solo

Verse 3
Those slime dogs from Enron/Yeah they did get booked/
But the more that type steals/the more they get let off the hook/
Now we’re goin’ to jail/If we scam just a lousy dollar/
But corporate crooks run free/Cuz their crimes are big and white collar/
And out here in the real world/Hard times are here/right now today/
And havin’ to live out on the street/Is just a paycheck away/

Verse 4
Politicians keep talking/Most of them are bought/
While everything around us/Continues to slowly rot/
But don’t you worry baby/The Prez says everything’s fine/
Says that ain’t levees you hear breakin’/It’s only angels/singin’ in your mind/
But out here in the real world/Hard times are here/right now today/
And havin’ to live out on the street/Is just a paycheck away/

Chorus
Just a paycheck away/Just a paycheck away/
Hear me now people/Hear what I say/
Out here in the real world/Hard times are here right now today/
And havin’ to live out on the street/Is just a paycheck away/