All Used Up

Well I spent my whole life making somebody rich
I busted my back for that son of a bitch
And he left me to die like a dog in a ditch
And he told me I'm all used up

Well he used up my labor, he used up my time
He plundered my body and he squandered my mind
And he gave me a pension of hand-outs and wine
And he told me I'm all used up

Well my kids are in hock to a god you call work
Slaving their lives out for some other jerk
And my youngest in Frisco just made shipping clerk
And they don't think I'm all used up

Some young people reach out for power and gold
And they don't have respect for anything old
And for pennies they're bought and for promises sold
But someday they'll all be used up

Well they use up the oil and they use up the trees
They use up the air and they use up the seas
But how about you friends and how about me?
What's left when we're all used up?

Outside my window the world passes by
It gives me a handout then spits in my eye
And no one can tell me 'cause no one knows why
I'm still living if I'm all used up

Sometimes in my dreams I sit by a tree
And my life is a book of how things used to be
And the kids gather 'round and they listen to me
And they don't think I'm all used up

And there's songs and there's laughter and there's things I can do
And all that I've learned I can give back to you
And I'd give my last breath just to make that come true
No I'm not all used up

Well they use up the oil and they use up the trees
They use up the air and they use up the seas
But as long as I'm breathing they won't use up me
Don't tell me I'm all used up

Don't tell me I'm all used up