Lyrics
I know a guy who lives just for the weekends
The speaker knows someone who values and looks forward to weekends.
He says he's tired a lot
The person expresses fatigue despite the weekends.
He says there should be five days of weekend
Suggesting a desire for a longer weekend and less work time.
Instead of five days of work
An extension of the desire for a shorter workweek.
And I remind him we get old and retire
Reminding the person that aging comes, limiting physical activities.
Too old to do anything but golf
Highlighting that activities like golf may be restricted in old age.
When you're young you're in school
Pointing out the responsibilities of youth, either in school or work.
Or in the workforce
Emphasizing the dual options of being in school or the workforce when young.
Let's make old people work
Suggesting a humorous idea of making elderly people work.
That's a joke
Clarifying that the previous suggestion is a joke.
We got a job to do and this is it
Acknowledging a collective responsibility or task to perform.
I know a girl who works in an office
The speaker introduces another person, a girl working in an office.
She says she has no time for herself
She claims to lack personal time due to work commitments.
She says other than that everything is fine,
Despite the workload, she states that everything is fine.
Everything is fine
Reiteration that everything is fine, possibly denying underlying issues.
I remind her everything's not quite fine
The speaker challenges the notion that everything is truly fine.
Maybe it's OK or even worse
Questioning the acceptability of the current situation or suggesting it could be worse.
Work should not control our every minute
Expressing the idea that work shouldn't dominate every moment of life.
Eat to work
Highlighting the extreme of working to the extent of eating only for work.
Sleep to work
Emphasizing the impact of work on sleep, reducing it to a means for work.
Live to work, work
Stressing the idea of a life solely dedicated to work.
We have the best job ever
Ironically claiming to have the best job ever, possibly a sarcastic remark.
Yeah we really got lucky
Expressing gratitude or luck for the current job situation.
We're nobody's robot
Asserting independence and refusal to be controlled like a robot.
We're nobody's monkey.
Affirming freedom and independence, rejecting a subservient role.
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