Rats [original version]

I'm a rat in a cage
Got nowhere to go
I sit and stare
Time goes slow

This damn rat race
It's killing me
On my last leg

I'm a rat in a treadmill
I'll run real fast
'Round and 'round
I can't catch my ass

This damn rat race
It's killing me
The end of my rope

[Guitar solo]

I'm a rat in a trap
I feel the pain
There's no escape
From my domain

This damn rat race
It's killing me
At my wits' end

This damn rat race
It's killed me dead, man
I'll climb the wall