livin' your life by the alarm
They wake you up
every day at eight
Leave your purse on the forecourt
It's all too much for you to take
Your girlfriend don't love ya,
but still she's safe
To make a home for you to stay
The people above ya,
they keep ya held down
The points,
the points you'd love to make
Yeah
Leaning on your face when you told me
You were gonna make lots of money
Open up princess diamonds
and cigarettes
Rolling out a cup in tiny glass
Now you're so young it's too easy
Take me a dream and
wake up and be free
Your clock is ticking fast friend, believe me
You only get one chance,
can you hear me?
It's not ok to be this way
Not ok to be a slave
Stop living your life
For the matter of time
He's just a fool, same as you
His daughter don't love him,
but still he's slice
To make a wife for her to choose
A teenage dreams are hidden behind
But in the morning they'll be gone
Washed away by the minimum wage
The same, the same as everyone
Lit it on your face when you told me
That you were gonna make lots of money
Who'd be a princess,
diamond rings and cigarettes
Rolling on the carpet, dirty grass
Now you're not so young, it's too easy
Talk me a dream,
I'll wake up and be free
Your clock is ticking fast,
friend, believe me
You only get one chance,
can you hear me?
It's not okay to be this way
Not okay to be this way
Lidded on your facts when you told me
You were gonna make love to
Marnie
We'll be a princess,
diamond rings and cigarettes
Rollin' on a carpet, dirty grass
Now that I'm so young, it's too easy
Talk me a dream,
I'll wake up and be free
Your clock is ticking fast,
friend, believe me
You only get one chance,
can you hear me?
It's not okay to be this way
Not okay to be this way
Not okay to be this way
Now I've come to be a slave
To be a slave
To be a slave