[Verse 1] You shook our hands in parking lots You knocked on every door Said you were just one of us And that’s what you were running for Then somebody called you honorable Put your name upon a wall Now you’ve got a driver and a microphone And you don’t return our calls Funny what a title does When everybody stands You start thinking all that borrowed power Belongs inside your hands [Pre-Chorus] That desk ain’t yours That seal ain’t yours That marble ain’t your throne We put you there To do a job Don’t forget who sent you there [Chorus] YOU WORK FOR US DON’T YOU FUCKING FORGET THAT You ain’t my king You ain’t my boss And that chair ain’t yours We gave you the keys We can take ’em back Every ounce of power you’ve got Was handed up from us YOU WORK FOR US YOU WORK FOR US DON’T YOU FUCKING FORGET THAT [Verse 2] I don’t care about the motorcade The cameras or the guards I don’t care how many people Know your name in crowded bars You still answer to the welder To the teacher and the nurse To the woman running two jobs With ten dollars in her purse To the farmer and the trucker To the kid sweeping the floor The office doesn’t make you better It just means you owe us more [Pre-Chorus] That desk ain’t yours That seal ain’t yours And power ain’t a crown We put you there To represent us Not to fucking rule us now [Chorus] YOU WORK FOR US DON’T YOU FUCKING FORGET THAT You ain’t my king You ain’t my boss And that chair ain’t yours We gave you the keys We can take ’em back Every ounce of power you’ve got Was handed up from us YOU WORK FOR US YOU WORK FOR US DON’T YOU FUCKING FORGET THAT [Bridge] No crown No throne No royal blood No master’s hand No subjects kneeling At your feet That’s not what this country planned Just borrowed power For borrowed time From ordinary hands You don’t own the office YOU’RE JUST FUCKING RENTING IT [Final Chorus] YOU WORK FOR US DON’T YOU FUCKING FORGET THAT You ain’t my king You ain’t my boss And that chair ain’t yours We gave you the keys We can take ’em back Your name might be above the door BUT THE BUILDING BELONGS TO US YOU WORK FOR US THE FARMER THE NURSE THE WELDER THE TEACHER THE DRIVER THE CLERK THE PEOPLE WHO GET UP EVERY MORNING AND DO THE FUCKING WORK YOU WORK FOR US YOU WORK FOR US DON’T YOU EVER FORGET THAT [Outro] Borrowed chair Borrowed keys Borrowed power Borrowed time You work for us.
