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Tired of running

Fritz Hamilton

Tired of running/ tired
of trying to get there fast like
a good American trying

to run myself to death/ tired
of this petty pace to
be ahead in this silly race/ tired

of trying to produce for the machine instead
of letting the machine produce for me/ tired
of working harder& longer for the corporation to

increase my production for no extra pay/ tired
of having to work weekends to produce what
I could care less about as if it&8217;s

more important thanmyself/ finally
solving the problem by telling my
boss to shove his corporation up his

dry dead ass because
there are more important things than
making cans at Canco where I can&8217;t even

go to the can when I have to for fear of slowing
the wheels of the corporation that doesn&8217;t
give a shit that I have to shit, &

go find a new outhouse if I don&8217;t like it, &
I don&8217;t,& hang my new outhouse because I
take a shit on the steps of Canco, &

they can give my job to some other
shithead, for all I care,& they&8217;d better hire
him quick because a new man is needed to

clean the shit off the Canco steps while
I&8217;m off to see the sunrise over Lake Michigan &
sing in the viaduct beneath the drive to

hear my song echo back to me, &
if somebody doesn&8217;t like it, he can walk
into the lake& be eaten my an Asian carp, &

the carp can shit him out right in the lake for
all I care, because I&8217;m still singing a song, &
if you don&8217;t want to hear it, go

shove yourself up Canco&8217;s ass, &
if you&8217;re real unlucky, they&8217;ll hire you to
kick the can at Canco while

I&8217;m still
singing ...

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