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When the working day is done
I refuse to belong to anyone.
And at night when I try to sleep
I hear the house of commerce in my dreams...
Somehow, someone, somewhere
owns everything I do.
Somehow, someone, somewhere
owns all of me and owns all of you.
There's no charge,
there's no crime,
but we're all doing time.
To be honest there's not much I can do
but to sing a bad ballad for you.
I could suggest sabotage,
but success might prove a mirage.
'cause Somehow, someone, somewhere
owns everything I do.
Somehow, someone, somewhere
owns all of me and owns all of you.
I refuse to belong to anyone.
And at night when I try to sleep
I hear the house of commerce in my dreams...
owns everything I do.
Somehow, someone, somewhere
owns all of me and owns all of you.
there's no crime,
but we're all doing time.
To be honest there's not much I can do
but to sing a bad ballad for you.
I could suggest sabotage,
but success might prove a mirage.
owns everything I do.
Somehow, someone, somewhere
owns all of me and owns all of you.
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"Those faceless moneymen" have ultimate control over our labor. They "own everything we do." Even acts unrelated to your job are products of an oppressive society which encourages mild behavior, so "sabotage... might prove a mirage" not because it is impossible, but because society makes us think it is - a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I think it should be: I hear the howls of commerce in my dreams