Laws of Gravity

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Leah Archibald [00:31.921] Parked on the beltway [00:34.566] Coming home from my job at the store [00:39.626] Legs and feet aching [00:42.446] From nine hours on a terrazzo floor [00:47.318] A flattened PBJ sandwich on Safeway's discounted bread [00:54.468] Tides me over till this jam clears [00:57.964] And my rusty car can pull ahead [01:02.953] Daddy said I should stay at home, [01:05.923] maybe take the civil service test [01:10.638] Get a job at the city, [01:13.376] something safe with good benefits [01:18.533] Well I was too smart for that, [01:21.238] thought I would do better if I leave [01:25.159] You got to work twice as hard [01:27.298] to try to defy the laws of gravity [01:49.804] I got fired from my first job when I was 15 years old [01:57.631] Working at the gas station, [02:00.292] mechanics hitting on me in the cold [02:05.371] Mentioned it to the manager, [02:07.990] next week my name was off the wall [02:13.057] Didn't know what else to do, [02:15.851] so I got a job at the mall [02:20.948] Daddy said I should stay at home, [02:23.589] maybe take the civil service test [02:28.597] Get a job at the city, [02:31.189] something safe with good benefits [02:36.289] Well I was too smart for that, [02:39.121] thought I would do better if I leave [02:43.037] You got to work twice as hard [02:45.236] to try to defy the laws of gravity [03:23.145] My sister works in a steel mill, [03:25.864] her boyfriend works on the line [03:30.860] I came down here to make my mark [03:33.684] but I think I'm just wasting my time [03:38.396] Sucks when you're there, then it sucks you back, [03:41.436] the suction never seems to stop [03:46.263] Another beans and rice dinner, [03:49.441] another shitty service job [03:53.978] Daddy said I should stay at home, [03:56.897] maybe take the civil service test [04:01.765] Get a job at the city, [04:04.345] something safe with good benefits [04:09.576] Well I was too smart for that, [04:12.524] thought I would do better if I leave [04:16.353] You got to work twice as hard [04:18.333] to try to defy the laws of gravity [04:56.132] Daddy said I should stay at home, [04:58.929] maybe take the civil service test [05:03.833] Get a job with the city, [05:06.620] something safe with good benefits [05:11.681] Well I was too smart for that, [05:14.327] thought I would do better if I leave [05:18.172] You got to work twice as hard [05:20.394] to try to defy the laws of gravity [05:25.978] The laws of gravity [05:29.685] The laws of gravity