well school is out for summer and the holidays are here
i'd like to find a girlfriend but i'm stuck working on the pier
i'm staring through the window at young lovers on the beach
the women look so beautiful and they're all so out of reach
two bucks an hour, that makes an eighteen bucks a day
payday comes but once a week and we spend it right away
some of it on getting high and some to get away
we do just what we need to make it through another day
so much potential, so much at stake
a hundred thousand screaming kids they can't keep me awake
i'm sleeping in a sunbeam with a novel on my face
i've never ever worked so hard, i can't wait to leave this place
two bucks an hour, that makes an eighteen bucks a day
payday comes but once a week and we spend it right away
some of it on getting high and some to get away
we do just what we need to make it through another day
so i sit here punching tickets while the carnival proceeds
there's a guy who runs the waltzer who can maybe score some weed
and "living on a prayer" has played a hundred times tonight
the amusement sign ironically bathes me in neon light
two bucks an hour, that makes an eighteen bucks a day
payday comes but once a week and we spend it right away
some of it on getting high and some to get away
we do just what we need to make it through another day