I was just a young boy, barely seventeen
A regular poster child for the American dream
I spent some time in college, tried to learn that system well
Left a problem drinker and cynical as hell
And they say there's two kinds of people
Those who have and those who don't
Some of us will benefit and some of us that won't
Some people spend a lifetime trying to get over that fence
Well I'm just on the corner spending my inheritance
I guess so far the time's too long, one hell of a show
'Cause the older that I get, it seems the less I know
I found the road to riches, it was just a private drive
Owned by politicians waving from inside
And they say there's two kinds of people
Those who have and those who don't
Some of us will benefit and some of us that won't
Some people spend a lifetime trying to get over that fence
Well I'm just on the corner spending my inheritance
There's nothing wrong with me, still I have to wonder why
Another day, another family tree lifts its branches to the sky
I donned on good intentions, nearly starved to death
I gave the world my last two cents and now I live on what is left
There's never any medals, there isn't much reward
You gotta find your piece of mind in what you can't afford
And they say there's two kinds of people
Those who have and those who don't
Some of us will benefit and some of us that won't
Some people spend a lifetime trying to get over that fence
Well I'm just on the corner spending my inheritance
Well I'm back where I started, spending my inheritance
Well I'm spending, well I'm spending, well I'm spending
Well I'm spending, well I'm spending, well I'm spending