- Dale Kidd
On The Yellow Brick Road
Updated: Jan 30
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On the train to downtown
just another day
Sit at a computer
and rot my life away
Coffee in the lunchroom
sugar, double cream
Eyes burnt out staring
at a fibre-optic screen
Are margins up?
Are margins down?
Spreadsheet numbers
go round’n’round
Are profits good?
Are profits bad?
We want numbers
we never had
Can’t do this ’til sixty
I'm not like Mister Toad
Time to leave Dodge City
on the Yellow Brick Road
Office in the corner
camera on the wall
Handcuffed to a pay cheque
no longer standing tall
Best-before-date passed by
challenges long gone
Body getting softer
man up move along
Are margins up?
Are margins down?
Spreadsheet numbers
go round’n’round
Are profits good?
Are profits bad?
We want numbers
we never had
Can’t do this ’til sixty
I'm not you Mister Toad
Time to leave Dodge City
on the Yellow Brick Road
Up at dawn and on the train
What's it doing to my brain?
Need a plan so I stay sane
Won't be doing this again
Now my mind is made up
swap out grind for play
Robot in the rear view
productive every day
Adios nine to five
farewell month-end stats
New day on horizon
no wearing all the hats
Are margins up?
Are margins down?
Spreadsheet numbers
all around
Are profits good?
Are profits bad?
We want numbers
we never had
Won’t do this ’til sixty
I'm not a Mister Toad
Time to leave Dodge City
on the Yellow Brick Road
Bought a farm outside town
cattle, hens, a horse
Up at dawn and love it
on rolling hills by gorse
Coffee on the front porch
without sugar, cream
Working hands and fresh air
Mother Nature's Dream
Are margins up?
Are margins down?
Spreadsheet numbers
all around
Are profits good?
Are profits bad?
Keep the numbers
you never had
Lease on life past sixty
so long Mister Toad
I escaped Dodge City
on the Yellow Brick Road
Lease on life past sixty
so long Mister Toad
I escaped Dodge City
on the Yellow Brick Road
