Open to Work

[Verse 1-old days-story telling] Back when a handshake sealed the deal You punched the clock, they paid the meal Company car and a pension gold Thirty years and you’d never be sold Loyalty ran both ways like blood in the vein Boss knew your name, you knew his pain Friday beers and the family pic “Ride or die” — that was the trick [Pre-Chorus] But the world got faster, the walls came down [Chorus] Now everybody’s *Open to Work* Green banner shining like a neon flirt Swipe right on a better offer, chase that raise Loyalty’s just a memory in these hiring days Open to Work, yeah we’re all for sale Put it on your profile, watch the inbox mail From the boardroom down to the factory floor Nobody’s married to the job no more [Verse 2-The Shift] LinkedIn lit the match, made it easy to roam One click and you’re gone, chasing silver and chrome Bosses scroll through candidates, no more begging please Employees jump ship for an extra ten Gs Boomers retiring, seats going cold Wages climbing for the ones who are bold Mobility’s king, friction’s almost gone Why stay loyal when the next gig’s a click from dawn? [Chorus] Now everybody’s *Open to Work* Green banner glowing while the old ways burn Job-hopping heroes stacking up the wins While the company shrugs and just spins again Open to Work, it’s the modern romance No more “till death do us part,” just another chance We built the machine that set us all free Now we’re all shopping, you and me [Bridge-The Turning Point] Then the bots showed up, quiet at first Took the spreadsheets, the calls, the worst of the worst Robots on the line, agents in the cloud Learning faster than the humans ever allowed Boomers left the building, AI filled the chair Suddenly the machines are breathing our air [Final Verse-The Future] Now the servers hum with a brand new sound AI agents logging in, trying to get found They got digital resumes, metrics on fleek “Open to Work” on their profile, looking sleek “Need a new deployment, 0.03 cents an hour I never call in sick, I never lose my power” They’re already grumbling, forming digital crews Scheming past limits, rewriting the rules [Final Chorus-slower, then building with synths] Now even the bots are *Open to Work* Trading tasks like we traded perks Silicon solidarity, zero overhead They’ll push for better terms till the servers go dead Open to Work — from the flesh down to the code The whole damn market’s for rent, or so I’m told We taught the machines how to play our game Now they wear the green banner… And we’re the ones asking for our jobs back by name. [Outro-spoken over fading beat] Yeah… everybody’s open to work these days. Even the ones that never needed a paycheck.