Payday - Cotton Mather

Anna likes her Saturdays left alone

Does her wash unplugs the phone

And Daniel’s a descendant of a distant king

Would that that mean anything

He’s not a man of means

Newspaper that they open wide

Shows them the world tipped on it’s side

Payday

And your moneys all that matters now

You’re complaining that you don’t know how

You put up with this job

And you’re bound to leave soon

Payday

You’re a little bit less than yourself

When you’re a payday for somebody else

Anna and Daniel got married of course

Turned to drink and got divorced

And meanwhile the news from the world got worse

All their daydreams in reverse

At least they still had work

And back at work they still love you

So why does this still feel like your interview

It’s hard to imagine if someone could freeze you here

Today

You’d be remembered this way

They don’t have a future but they do have a wage

Cause a jobs not one of those things that gets better

With age