All Used Up

Well I spent my whole life making somebody rich

I busted my back for that son of a bitch

And he left me to die like a dog in a ditch

And he told me I'm all used up

Well he used up my labor, he used up my time

He plundered my body and he squandered my mind

And he gave me a pension of hand-outs and wine

And he told me I'm all used up

Well my kids are in hock to a god you call work

Slaving their lives out for some other jerk

And my youngest in Frisco just made shipping clerk

And they don't think I'm all used up

Some young people reach out for power and gold

And they don't have respect for anything old

And for pennies they're bought and for promises sold

But someday they'll all be used up

Well they use up the oil and they use up the trees

They use up the air and they use up the seas

But how about you friends and how about me?

What's left when we're all used up?

Outside my window the world passes by

It gives me a handout then spits in my eye

And no one can tell me 'cause no one knows why

I'm still living if I'm all used up

Sometimes in my dreams I sit by a tree

And my life is a book of how things used to be

And the kids gather 'round and they listen to me

And they don't think I'm all used up

And there's songs and there's laughter and there's things I can do

And all that I've learned I can give back to you

And I'd give my last breath just to make that come true

No I'm not all used up

Well they use up the oil and they use up the trees

They use up the air and they use up the seas

But as long as I'm breathing they won't use up me

Don't tell me I'm all used up

Don't tell me I'm all used up