Seventeen years in a dead end job
  telling his dreams to a deaf eared god
  Hangin' on tight by a single thread
  prayin' for a change.
  Everything you could have sacrificed
  your flesh and blood had it's own sweet price
  baby's all grown up and moved away
  where's that leave you now?
  
  It was your own decision
  you made my life your mission.
  Somebody tell me
  it doesn't make no sense at all
  Somebody tell me
  Why we're living in a world of contradiction.
  Somebody tell me
  it doesn't make no sense at all
  Somebody tell me
  why we're living in a world of contradiction.
  
  Why is it so hard to be understood?
  Doing so much for the common good
  sorry if I didn't see the truth
  the sadness in your eyes
  I wanted to stand on my own two feet
  looking at life as a one way street.
  Thinking that I had it all worked out
  where's that leave me now?
  We lost communication
  too many expectations
  
  Somebody tell me
  it doesn't make no sense at all
  Somebody tell me
  Why we're living in a world of contradiction.
  Somebody tell me
  it doesn't make no sense at all
  Somebody tell me
  Why we're living in a world of contradiction.
  
  Everything I have inside
  I kept it wrapped up tight
  All I know is ..
  All I want to know is...
  Somebody tell me.
  Somebody tell me
  it doesn't make no sense at all
  Somebody tell me
  Why we're living in a world of contradiction
  In a world of contradiction.
  
  Seventeen years in a dead end job
  telling his dreams to a deaf eared god
  Hangin' on tight by a single thread
  where's that leave you now?