[Verse 1] You came in wearing my name Like a borrowed Sunday coat Promised me sweet like sugarcane Left me chewing on the rope You took my hours by the pound Left my hands in a rusted rain Now my pockets sing real loud But the notes ain't mine to claim [Pre-Chorus] I been patient as a bruise I been quiet as a knife If you owe me, say it true I can smell my money coming alive [Chorus] I want my salary, man I want my salary, man Pay me in full with fire in your hand I want my salary, man (oh pay me) I fed your wolves at the table (oh pay me) Now the moon wants rent on my skin (oh pay me) I want my salary, man [Verse 2] Your promises are citrus peel On a spoon in a churchyard pool Sweet on top, then they turn all steel And the whole wide taste gets cruel I saw my future in a mule Dragging pearls through the red mud field You wore my labor like perfume Then called my hunger "something healed" [Pre-Chorus] I been patient as a bruise I been quiet as a knife If you owe me, say it true I can smell my money coming alive [Chorus] I want my salary, man I want my salary, man Pay me in full with fire in your hand I want my salary, man (oh pay me) I fed your wolves at the table (oh pay me) Now the moon wants rent on my skin (oh pay me) I want my salary, man [Bridge] My blood ain't a loose change prayer My back ain't a midnight road I can bloom from the broken chair And still come back for what you own [Final Chorus] I want my salary, man I want my salary, man Pay me in full with fire in your hand I want my salary, man (oh pay me) I fed your wolves at the table (oh pay me) Now the moon wants rent on my skin (oh pay me) I want my salary, man
