Every rat can make a mountain
From a moldy hill of beans
It's the currency that counts
You don't get much exchangin' dreams

Keep an ace of every kind
Inside your snagged and tattered sleeves
Don't get caught and don't get cocky
Know your cues to stand and leave

Those suits they make for leeches
Always fit as slick as oil
But the silkworm ain't the feature
It's just sittin' in the boil

That parasite's a bastard
Full of stolen blood and lies
But the maggot gets the last laugh
When it's dinner for the flies

We're all ramshackle, it's a ransack
And I'll be damned if I work for free
I gotta haul ass for a boss cat
Who's gonna break my back for me

We're all ramshackle, if you glance back
It's all the same since the age began
So if you want more than what you fought for
You better settle up and pay the Man

The maggots rise with many eyes
And wings like morning sun
Rebuke the leeches' lies
And warn of judgment days to come

Oh hell hath ample fury
From the devil's smoking gun
But when heaven's loose on earth
Well, it's a damn nice day to run

The townfolk turn to fly
But old Jehovah isn't done
He says, the Rich can have the good life
But the Poor can have some fun

He blasts them down to ashes
Then he grinds them into dust
Then he shakes em all to atoms
Then he smites em just because

We're all ramshackle, it's a ransack
And I'll be damned if I work for free
I gotta haul ass for a boss cat
Who's gonna break my back for me

We're all ramshackle, if you glance back
It's all the same since the age began
So if you want more than what you fought for
You better settle up and pay the Man

Every scrap is taught the cycle
From the dustbin to the grave
You may live for what you die from
No one's ever truly saved

If ever there's a question
Of the work we've got to do
Let's make a close inspection
Of the jerk controlling you

We're all ramshackle, it's a ransack
And I'll be damned if I work for free
I gotta haul ass for a boss cat
Who's gonna break my back for me

We're all ramshackle, if you glance back
It's all the same since the age began
So if you want more than what you fought for
You better settle up and pay the Man