Used to Be - Have Nots

You’re gonna fix it from the inside sounds like just another way to say you

couldn’t cope

A noose or just a pretty necktie, and I sit back and watch you choke

Said you were gonna make a difference

The only difference is you’re on the other side

I guess the grass is really greener

I guess that check was really worth your pride

Cos I would rather work my fingers to the bone I swear that’s all that keeps me

sane

And I will revel in the rubble while you catch the last outbound train

You take the cake I take the pain

Of watching as another one who used to be a punk gets brainwashed down the drain

I saw you in an elevator, used to be a punk but now you work for city hall

You read my clash shirt, said you saw them back in 83 but that doesn’t make us

the same at all

You were gonna fix it from the inside its been a minute and the gears are still

in place

Cos some get buried in the landslide, but for some others thats just not the

case

Cos I would rather work my fingers to the bone I swear thats all that keeps me

sane

And I will revel in the rubble while you catch the last outbound train

You take the cake I take the pain

Of watching as another one who used to be a punk gets brainwashed down the drain

I know sometimes it’s hard to stick to your convictions

Was it all just childish fiction

You evicted and got over, and I’m not playing like I’m holier than thou

That’s a weight that I don’t need on my shoulders

But if it doesn’t make you sick inside to see what you’ve become

Then you never really meant it from the get go, son

If you could see the you that I see when I see you telling me

Just who the f*ck you think you used to be…