PAYCHECK'S GONE!!!

He stopped for gas just to make it through,

Watched the numbers like it always do,

Turned the key, stared quiet and numb,

Half my paycheck gone before I got home!

She walked the aisles with a careful eye,

Putting things back just to get by,

At the register, she stood there froze,

Where did his check go, nobody knows!

(Pre Chorus)

It’s the cost of living, breaking me down,

Try to stay afloat but I start to drown,

Work all week just to fall behind,

Chasing the money I can never find!

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry,

My paycheck showed up just to say goodbye

Rent took its share without delay,

No room to argue, no way to stay,

Bills stacked up like a silent weight,

Paycheck gone before it hit the date

Trying to breathe but the pressure grows,

The cheque disappears and nobody knows!

The lights or food what do I do,

No easy path to make it through.

(Pre chorus)

No big mistakes, no luxury life,

Just quiet days and a constant strife,

Every penny is spoken for,

Still come up short like the week before!

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry,

My paycheck showed up just to say goodbye

Just daily life, nothing extreme,

No reckless choice, no wild dream,

Still it slips through open hands,

A paycheck lost to basic demands!

(Bridge)

The clock ticks loud but time won’t bend,

Every dollar’s gone before it’s spent,

We’re running hard but standing still,

Just trying to cover another bill.

(Chorus)

It’s the cost of living, breaking me down,

Try to stay afloat but I start to drown,

Work all week just to fall behind,

Chasing the money I can never find!

No big mistakes, no luxury life,

Just quiet days and a constant strife,

Every penny is spoken for,

Still come up short like the week before!

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry,

My paycheck showed up just to say goodbye