Welcome to space
What were you expecting, it's a dangerous place
Thank you for investing
Go there for your rota
There for your orders
Fill up these quotas
We'll bill for your quarters
Report to your foreman but watch for marauders 'cos if you get eaten there's fees for your mourners
Prosperity's there in the care of magnates
In Halcyon heaven awaits
Did you think it was supposed to look like the poster
It mostly does
Oh if you'd only read closer
Just ten short years to a new frontier
Snooze as you cruise and you'll wake up here
You've been trapped in that ship for an awful long time so perhaps you have simply forgot what you signed
Oh honestly
Did you not read the colony policy that defines you as company property
That waivers your say in autonomy
The conglomerate's got you in lock and key
We put the Dollar back into Idolatry
If you're upset you can rent an apology
We are a family forged in bureaucracy
No I in Team but there's Con in Economy
Were you expecting adventure
Were you hoping for fun
My friend you're indentured and pleasure's exempt from your tenure so venture back down to your slum
That's provided at generous prices
Your worth is determined by your sacrifices
A small term of service when down on the surface
Internment's a freebie that comes with the purchase
We work to earn the right to work
To earn the right to work
To earn the right to work
To earn the right to work
To earn the right to give ourselves the right to buy
Ourselves the right to live
To earn the right to die
Welcome to our little town
Why don't you settle down
Here just fill out the paperwork and you can look around
We're happy as can be inside the valley cannery
We live to pack the cans of meat and not to question where it's found
Until we end up in the ground around the corner in the yard
You know we thought we liked the sound of finding glory in the stars
The board has taught us to be proud of never reaching very far
So we earn what we're allowed and give it right back at the bar
The ale to cure what ails ya
Zero Gee Brew
Your favorite flavor
So work 'till you bleed
Ennobled by labour
Then purchase relief from your local retailer
If you'd rather drop dead that's fine but you know that dropping down dead bears a fine
So you do your job and I'll do mine
I gotta meet a six-foot deep bottom line
We make a fortune for the board by selling boredom door to door 'cos it's all that we deserve and it is all we can afford
The secrets of the universe and all the worlds to be explored
But our dreams are back on Earth and now the work is our reward
And you'll be grateful for seats at the table
Though it dips at one end and the bench is unstable
You may waste your days but at least you were able to pay off your grave since we leased you your cradle
Be faithful and pray
We'll repay what you invest
Behave as you slave for humanity's interest
On account that you're all on account
And we're quickly amounting humanity's interest
You'd think that we'd sink to the brink of rebellion
With markets dependent on peddling weapons
The architect tells them the secret to heaven is simply consuming whatever we sell them
We work to earn the right to work
To earn the right to work
To earn the right to work
To earn the right to work
To earn the right to give ourselves the right to buy
Ourselves the right to live
To earn the right to die
You should have read the fine print my friend
Should have read the fine print
You should have read the fine print my friend
Should have read the fine print
Welcome to our little town
Why don't you settle down
Here just fill out the paperwork and you can look around
We work and then we work and then we work and then we work
And then we work and then we work and then we end up in the ground
Welcome to our little town
Why don't you settle down
Here just fill out the paperwork and you can look around
We work and then we work and then we work and then we work
And then we work and then we work and then we end up in the ground
Here and here and initial here
Welcome to the family
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