Livelihood by The Katy Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Uncle Sam, Uncle Tom I can be good
Tell me what I've got to do, so I can keep my livelihood

[Chorus]
Oh, Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood
Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood

Oh, Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood
Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood

[Verse 2]
I met my dreams at the door, where I met you
Clad, with the rod of naivety for the backs of fools
Ask me how I have the tenacity to stand like I do
Put the weight of the world around my neck, fashioned like a noose

[Chorus]
Oh, Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood
Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood
Oh, Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood
Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood

[Verse 3]
All that alluding to pulling one's self up by the bootstraps
How can I even begin, keep getting cut at the caps?
Is it wrong for me to kneel when my knees are being bent from the backs?
Or am I just to be your pawn for entertainment?

[Chorus]
Oh, Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood
Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood

Oh, Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood
Livelihood. Please don't take my Livelihood