Well he's waiting at the bus stop, seven years old
Breathing on his collar in the freezing cold
He doesn't know a thing about minimum wage
But his mother's gone early, she gets in late
And by the time he's eighteen he's got nobody else
And God knows college won't pay for itself
And so he traded in scraping for a uniform
I'm starting to see what he's fighting for
Standing on the front line
But now he's waiting on a landmine
Maybe there's a better way
Maybe there's a better way
And Mona Lisa moved up and she moved away
From the people she knew, now she works all day
For a walk-in closet and a master bed
She swore that she'd never be poor again
But she can't stop shopping, she's so damn bored
And I'm starting to see what we're fighting for
Standing on the front line
Living in a coal mine
Maybe there's a better way
Maybe there's a better way
Maybe there's a better way
I did some driving on the street today
I put my head against a window pane
And I did some thinking about the way it is
I did some thinking about the way we live
And I wanna talk about Jesus Christ
I wanna talk about living a lie
And I wanna talk about the Pentagon
It doesn't matter what's inside your own will
I'm only really trying to figure it out
But you can't hear me cause you talk so loud
Maybe there's a better way
Maybe there's a better way
Maybe there's a better way
Baby there's a better way
I'm drinking alone tonight
Maybe there's a better way
Maybe there's a better way
I'm standing on the front line
Maybe there's a better way
I'm drinking alone tonight
Maybe there's a better way
Maybe there's a better way
Maybe there's a better way