Meat Loaf - Piece Of The Action lyrics

Somewhere a red-eyed waitress glances at another movie magazine

Down on the corner there`s a grocery boy stuffin` boxes fulla hungry dreams

Someone`s cleanin` up the offices, one window burnin` in the dark

Somebody`s cryin` is there any way in hell

To light a comet from a single spark

Workin` so hard I can`t remember much about the freedom I been workin` for

Felt like a prisoner `til I looked in your eyes

And saw a million wide open doors

Ya tell me put a little money away, well every dog will have his day in time

Well I been slavin` like a dog and I got nothin` to show ya

But a collar and a fist fulla nickels and dimes

Chorus:

I want a piece, a piece of the action,

give me a shot at the real thing

I want a piece of the action, a piece of the action

Gonna turn on the master, gonna cut these strings

Gonna turn on the master, gonnacut these strings

Been livin` just like my old man did and neither once of us could get it right

Punchin` in when the day begins and punchin` out the local boys at night

There`s someone leanin` on a peelin` porch

And someone leavin` on a silver plane

And I finally know the man I`d rather be

Girl I won`t be back to getcha `til they know my name

(chorus)

They hand you a paycheck every week and steal a piece of your soul every day

An` I don`t need no gold watch in fifty years, baby let`s be golden today

(chorus repeats 2x...)

(chorus)

Somewhere a red-eyed waitress glances at another movie magazine

Down on the corner there`s a grocery boy stuffin` boxes fulla hungry dreams