"Lateral Climb" lyrics

The sun heats up, another working day
Coffee, keys and I'm on my way
Try to beat the traffic
And maybe yesterdays time
Try to make a little progress
In what's looking like a lateral climb

Put behind me my spendthrift ways
And I make more money than I did in those days
Used to carry a debt of twenty grand paying prime
And I've still got nothing
It's looking like a lateral climb

Our leader's addicted
To oil and war
Says it's freedom that we're fighting for
Applause, applause
For bald faced white collar crime
And they leave you stranded
Believing in a lateral climb

The sun heats up, another working day
Coffee, keys and I'm on my way
What once was a dollar
Is looking more like a dime
Heads up people
It's nothing but a lateral climb
A lateral climb