All the World's a Cage - The Kingpins

All the world’s a cage

I watch the zookeeper weave his web

All the world’s a cage

You pull me on a leash, and beg me to follow

I cut my throat on the words that I swallow

You ask me to sign, you whip out a chair

When the curtain came up, there was nobody there

You promised that the world was mine

You chained me to the borderline

Now I’m just sitting here doing time

All the world’s a cage

I’m a twenty-something child, was a ringin' in my ears

All the world’s a cage

From the playpen to the top ten, I’ll be screaming for years

All the world’s a cage

You made me play with stories

Want to show them the stars

If I could slip through the cracks

I wouldn’t be here on Mars

I speak your words and obey your rules

Written by strangers and guarded by fools

Who keep me scared at night

Please read me my rights

Cause I’m just sitting here down time

All the world’s a cage

The sky’s gonna fall down on you

And the ground will swallow you whole

Your bones will become the bars of the cage

That’ll emprison your soul

Your teeth’ll fall out but your tongue’ll still tell you

Go from cradle to grave and go back to your shelf

Mark off the time on the walls of your cell

While others are free by the records you sell

Not to waive my right, that’ll be my only crime

I’m just sittin' here wasting time

All the world’s a cage