[Verse 1] You didn’t need a fucking degree You didn’t need a warning sign You didn’t need to see the future You just had to step outside Check the air Check the street Come back in Say what you see Cold enough to need a jacket Hot enough to leave it home That was all the information We were waiting on [Pre-Chorus] But somebody thought somebody knew And somebody said somebody called Everybody did their little part So how the fuck did no one do the job? [Chorus] It was your job Go outside, check the weather Come back in, say “bring a sweater” That was it That was the whole fucking job But nobody got the word back So we walked out like it was fine Now everybody’s acting shocked That somebody froze outside It was your job It was your job Now I wear a sweater in summer Just in case the temperature drops You call that being overprepared I call it learning what happens When nobody does their job [Verse 2] Maybe someone checked a box Maybe someone wrote it down Maybe somebody sent an email That never fucking made the rounds Maybe policy was followed Maybe every form was signed Maybe everyone can prove They technically did fine Cool Congratulations Print the fucking certificate The person standing in the cold Still never heard a bit of it [Pre-Chorus] You had a thermometer Not a crystal fucking ball You didn’t have to save the world You just had to make the call Everybody has an answer now Everybody has a reason why Funny how the explanation comes After somebody’s left outside [Chorus] It was your job Go outside, check the weather Come back in, say “bring a sweater” That was it That was the whole fucking job But nobody got the word back So we walked out like it was fine Now everybody’s acting shocked That somebody froze outside It was your job It was your job Now I wear a sweater in summer Even when the sun won’t stop You call that being paranoid I call it knowing Someone might forget to do their job [Bridge] I don’t need another meeting I don’t need another page Explaining how the system worked Exactly like it was made I don’t care whose desk it crossed I don’t care who left at five If everybody did it right Then tell me why Nobody knew it was cold outside Tell me why Nobody knew Nobody knew Nobody knew [Breakdown] Was it cold outside? That was the question Was it cold outside? That was the job Was it cold outside? Somebody knew And somehow Nobody ever got the word back [Final Chorus] It was your job Go outside, check the weather Come back in, say “bring a sweater” That was it That was the whole fucking job Not mine to learn the forecast Not mine to stand there asking why Not mine to find out years later Everybody knew it was cold outside It was your job It was your job Now I wear a sweater in summer I don’t leave that shit to chance You taught me something after all Never trust somebody else To check Never trust somebody else To call Never trust “someone handled it” When it was your fucking job
