The Line

Got out of bed with nowhere to go
As I comb my hair, I didn't know
What I would do today to pass the time
As I left the house, I left hope behind
As I hit the street, no sun greeted me
No smiles on the faces of the people I meet

Here's the ride
Step inside
Plenty of time
To make the line

Life is a line, take a number
Just one big line, that's all it is
Life is a line, just take a number
Life is a line, that's all it is

Life is a line
Life is a line
Just one big line

Life is a line, take a number
Just one big line, that's all it is
Life is a line, just take a number
Life is a line, I tell it like it is

Life is a line
Life, the line

[Instrumental Break]

Life is a line, take a number
Life is a line, that's all it is
Life is a line, take a number
Life is a line, take your place

The end of the line, if you please
I walked downtown to the eagle's nest
Vanished in the crowd with all the rest
I got into line and waited to see
What the bureaucrat would do with me
Then his ice-cold eyes foretold my fate
I knew I had arrived an hour late

"What's that you say?
Uh, no jobs today?
I'll see you next time
Right here in the line"

Life is a line, you take a number
Life is a line, take your place
Life is a line, just take a number
Life is a line, just take your place