[Verse 1]

Sitting with the number eight platter at the restaurant

Four twenty-nine for almost anything I want

Add it up, it's cheaper than the stuff I make myself

I get by, I never needed anybody's help

[Chorus]

And I tore out an ad and they told me that I

Would press the buzzer, would press the buzzer

At the graduate lab, they were doing some tests

I pressed the buzzer, I pressed the buzzer

[Post-Chorus]

Ride the circle off of the highway

Spiral into the driveway

In the maze of old prefabs

They'll be waiting at the lab

[Verse 2]

I don't know how everybody makes it through the daily drill

Paint the nails, walk a dog, pay every bill

I'm feeling sorry for this guy that I press to shock

He gets the answers wrong, I have to up the watts

[Chorus]

And he begged me to stop, but they told me to go

I press the buzzer, I press the buzzer

So get out of my head, just give me my line

I press the buzzer, I press the buzzer

[Post-Chorus]

Ride the circle off of the highway

Spiral into the driveway

In the maze of old prefabs

They'll be waiting at the lab

[Verse 3]

They called me back to the lab to discuss the test

I put my earrings on, found my heels, wore a dress

Right away I knew, it was like I'd failed a quiz

The man said "Do you know what a fascist is?"

I said, "Yeah, it's when you do things you're not proud of

But you're scraping by, taking orders from above."

I get it now, I'm the face, I'm the cause of war

We don't have to blame white-coated men anymore

[Chorus]

When I knew it was wrong, I played it just like a game

I pressed the buzzer, I pressed the buzzer

Here's your seventy bucks, now everything's changed

I press the buzzer, I press the buzzer

But tell me where are your stocks, would you do this again?

I press the buzzer

And tell me who made your clothes, was it children or men?

I press the buzzer

[Post-Chorus]

Ride the circle off of the highway

Spiral into the driveway

In the maze of old prefabs

They'll be waiting at the lab