On the Way Up
I was oh so foolish
I finally got my way
I scraped and stepped
on people, just let them lay
a sociopath they called me
I could only grin
they amounted to nothing
so I never thought it as a sin.
Lost my children and my wife
didn’t play attention to them
I was rolling in the money
I could only grin.
Now I am an old man
big retirement under my skin
all alone
day after day
in a chair I simply sit
got a lot of time and money
I can only grin.
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