[Verse 1]

I just want to get a little more out of my payday

Finally own a car that doesn't break down on the freeway

A little vacation ain't asking very much

I hate coming home to this old broken-down apartment

I wish I had a dime for every hole that's in the carpet

I don't want it all, but I ain't got enough

[Chorus]

All I want is a life

To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry

I'm sick of the crumbs, I want a piece of that pie

All I want is a life

[Verse 2]

I don't mind the hours and the pain that comes from working

But it's enough to kill me when I see my baby hurting

Wanna give her that diamond I never got to buy

She keeps telling me that everything is getting better

But one step up the rung and someone knocks me off the ladder

Just want to break even someday before I die

[Chorus]

All I want is a life

To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry

I'm sick of the crumbs, I want a piece of that pie

All I want is a life

[Chorus]

Oh, all I want is a life

To drink from a glass from a well that ain't dry

I'm sick of the crumbs, I want a piece of that pie

All I want is a life

[Outro]

All I want

Is a life

All I want

Is a life