[Verse 1]
I got loans, credit cards for days
Two thousand overdrawn 'cause the work don't pay
Could you text me out of something that I might regret?
I'm selling all my soul to pay half the rent
Graduate twenty-oh-eight
Part of the recession, making minimum wage
Bank's foreclosed, take away our homes
But our brains just melt staring at our phones

[Pre-Chorus]
God bless America
Land of the free, et cetera

[Chorus]
I don't wanna, I don't wanna die like this
Working nine to five and a ten to six
Whoa, what a way to go
What a way to go
My friend's got a friend who knows a guy
Ten or a twenty, I can sleep tonight
Whoa, what a way to go
What a way to go

[Verse 2]
Don't get sick, can't afford the pills
One damn prescription, costs a thousand bills
Lost my insurance when I lost my wife
Now I can't kill the crazy that's behind my eyes
Everyday is getting darker
Somehow the sun seems further away
Staring down the barrel of a gun
It's a deep dive if we take the plunge
[Chorus]
I don't wanna, I don't wanna die like this
Working nine to five and a ten to six
Whoa, what a way to go
What a way to go
My friend's got a friend who knows a guy
Ten or a twenty, I can sleep tonight
Whoa, what a way to go
What a way to go

[Bridge]
Go get your guns
'Cause you know you won't be judged
While California burns
And nobody ever learns

[Chorus]
I don't wanna, I don't wanna die like this
Working nine to five and a ten to six
Whoa, what a way to go
What a way to go
My friend's got a friend who knows a guy
Ten or a twenty, I can sleep tonight
(What a way to go)
Whoa, what a way to go
What a way to go
I don't wanna, I don't wanna die like this
Working nine to five and a ten to six
Whoa, what a way to go
What a way to go
My friend's got a friend who knows a guy
Ten or a twenty, I can sleep tonight
Whoa, what a way to go
What a way to–

[Outro]
God bless America
Land of the free, et cetera