Up With The Jones

I started out, I had no plan
I took a job and soon was working for the man
And now it seems through modern dreams
All I've done is learned to live beyond my means

We had the house and we had the car
And paid for it all on some credit card
Now that ain't right

My second home, your student loans
And every year I got myself a brand new phone
Can't do without don't have the nerve
I tell myself that these are things that I deserve

Yes, I can't make do, with just half my cheque
I need all those things and so I live in debt
And that ain't right

Everything that I thought I knew
Everything I was told was true
I was living a lie and I never asked why
Now I don't know what to do
I guess I can't keep up, I guess I can't keep up with the Jones

I can't slow down, I've lost control
I double down and tell myself I'm on a roll
It's not my fault, It's not like me
I never saw myself as someone who ain't free

Now I'm wondering
Has it gone too far, should I pick up the cheque
At this hotel bar, now that ain't right

Everything that I thought I knew
Everything I was told was true
I was living a lie and I never asked why
Now I don't know what to do
I guess I can't keep up, I guess I can't keep up with the Jones

I was living like the money was king
I let it have a power on me
Now I recognize the funniest thing
Is I'm broke and now I'm finally free

We all know life don't go as planned
So now I'm buying all my records second hand
It's brought me peace, I've come to see
That all the greatest joys in life are always free

I still have my house, but I sold my car
And it felt so damn good to cut up those credit cards
Yeah, that felt right

Everything that I thought I knew
Everything I was told was true
I was living a lie and I never asked why
Now I don't know what to do
I guess I can't keep up, I guess I can't keep up with the Jones