Gonna sit out the summer on the esplanade,
Make a little spending money washing cars,
Sit here, drink beer, looking for fun,
But you won't catch me working for anyone.

CHORUS:

I just can't make it
You built this world up just for people like you,
I just can't make it,
Won't see me living the way you do

You pay your taxes and I'll have the good time,
Hanging around the unemployment line,
You're trying to tell me that I'll live in hell,
But you don't seem to understand yourself.

I just can't make it
You built this world up just for people like you,
I just can't make it,
Won't see me living the way you do

Oh this ain't exactly heaven,
Don't know if I'll laugh or cry,
But I'll do my best and I'll keep on searching,
Just to have a good time.

I just can't make it
You built this world up just for people like you,
I just can't make it,
Won't see me living the way you do