Turn on the TV, cause I got nowhere
 to go
Seems that theres a little trouble down
 in Mexico
13-year-old boy robs a store
 so he can eat
And they got him doing time while
 killers walk the streets

hungry politician is the wolf thats
 at the door [bad word] bent on submission and feedin
 on the poor
We could stare into the sun if we would
 open up our eyes
But we paint ourselves into a corner
 colored in white lies

Busted on a rockpile - getting
 dusted in the heat
Shackled to the system - and
 draggin my feet

Im riding on a breakdown - another
 whiteknuckled shakedown
Feels like Im livin on a chain gang
Im riding on a breakdown - a suicidal
 shakedown
Feels like Im on a chain gang

con mans intuition can wash
 your sins away
Send your contribution and [bad word] save
 your soul today
What can he know, has he been
 through [bad word] and back
He takes the cash and drives it home in
 a brand new Cadillac

Spitting at the guard dog, burning
 in his wicked deal
Screamin down the railroad with
 no one at the wheel

Im riding on a breakdown - another
 whiteknuckled shakedown
Feels like Im livin on a chain gang
Im riding on a breakdown - a suicidal
 shakedown
Feels like Im on a chain gang

Faith healin, superstition
Cold-blooded criminal mind
Getting off on high position
Hey brother can you spare a dime
 To get me off this slaughter line

Im riding on a breakdown - another
 whiteknuckled shakedown
Feels like Im livin on a chain gang
Im riding on a breakdown - a suicidal
 shakedown
Feels like Im on a chain gang

Im riding on a breakdown - another
 whiteknuckled shakedown
Feels like Im livin on a chain gang
Im riding on a breakdown - a suicidal
 shakedown
Feels like Im on a chain gang