Won't Bleed for the Quarter

The office is a coliseum and the corner suite has its thumbs down, but this gladiator clocks out with his life intact.

[Riff Intro]

(Hey! Hey! Hey!)

[Verse 1]

Monday morning and the gates swing wide, Fluorescent sun on the killing floor, Lanyard hanging like a chain round my neck, They pull the lever and the lions roar.

[Pre-Chorus]

They want my weekends, they want my nights, Want my name carved on the sacrifice, Emperor calling out my number, And for once I'm not afraid.

[Chorus]

Thumbs down from the corner suite, Roar of the crowd and the stomp of their feet, I won't bleed for the quarter! Won't die for a line on a chart! Take the badge, take the chair, take the corner, But you'll never get my heart.

[Verse 2]

Climbers sharpen their elbows on me, Wear my best idea like stolen steel, Forty hours bleeding into sixty, And they never ask me how it feels.

[Chorus]

Thumbs down from the corner suite, Roar of the crowd and the stomp of their feet, I won't bleed for the quarter! Won't die for a line on a chart! Take the badge, take the chair, take the corner, But you'll never get my heart.

[Half-Time Breakdown]

Stack the slides to the rafters, Rank me dead last on the board, I've got one life and it's not on your ledger, I'm going home!

[Guitar Solo]

[instrumental]

[Final Chorus]

Thumbs down from the corner suite, Roar of the crowd and the stomp of their feet, I won't bleed for the quarter! Won't die for a line on a chart! Take the badge, take the chair, take the corner, But you'll never get my heart.

[Gang Vocal Outro]

(Won't bleed! Won't bleed!) I won't bleed for the quarter.