But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf
Was to get out of the factory
From working at the factory
All I lived for, all I lived for
Turned musicians into factory workers on assembly lines
Never wanted to be like everybody else
All we lived for is to get out of the factory
All I lived for was to get out of the factory
Now I'm here seemingly free
And gave me hope back in 1963
All I lived for, all I lived for
They sold us a dream but in reality
But then the corporations and the big combines
From working at the factory
Working at the factory
It was just another factory
Now it's sign the contract, get production on the way
Was to get out of the factory
Then music came along and gave new life to me
No profession, didn't figure in their plans
It made me free but that was in another time
Take the money, make the music pay
The music came and set me free
Was just another factory
All I lived for, all I lived for
All we lived for, all we lived for
So they sent me down the factory to be a workin' man
We made the music to set ourselves free
All I lived for was to get out of the factory
But now there are so many like me sitting on the shelf
Never wanted to be like everybody else
But working at the factory
They sold us a dream that in reality
I made the music, thought that it was mine
All my life I've put in a working day
