Alienation

Heading along this dreary road
carrying with me this heavy load,
no space for a needed u-turn
just days filled with time to burn.

Different day, same old way
clothed and fed, but now brain-dead.

Been on this road for many years
no emotion left for any tears,
Now I know how the hamster feels
forever turning those weary wheels.

Different day, same old way
clothed and fed, but now brain-dead.

There was a time, another way
but life just got in my way.
work, work, work
got to work to earn that pay.

Different day, same old way
clothed and fed, but now brain-dead.

Opportunities missed
Chances pissed,
there was a time, another way
but life just got in my way.

The me
that might have been,
died long ago
when I was green.

I should have listened
to my heart,
I see that now
too late to start.