Interlude:
One leader defining all of our planet
too many people suffering in a panic
my three favourite philosophers sipping on the vinegar
for some will see the sweet while others see the sinister

Five fingers to form a fist and we fight
six million ways to die I think we might
seven seconds 'til we open our eyes
then we ate the flesh of our brothers for a piece of the pie

Chorus:
Just to keep up with the Joneses
this money be the 8th wonder it makes you wonder
just to keep up with the Joneses
the 8th wonder it makes you wonder

Verse:
With money written at the root of all the worlds problems
and we spend our days picking cotton sitting at the bottom
the necessary evil run it how are we to stop them
we are just victims to their social economics

The world keeps turning while we're walking in a straight line
on our knees praying for god to give us a sign
remind us we have time, tell us that it's fine
but while we're making dimes we forget that we're alive

Walking in the day to day nine to five to pay our way
television he say, she say on the replay
kids ain't got no time to play we are told that that's ok
teenage suicides everyday from the pressure's weight

I ain't got no time to wait my time is always cursing me
we are all people so please take everything personally
I wanna see individual revolutionaries
not children being fitted for their suits up in the nursery

Chorus:
Just to keep up with the Joneses
this money be the 8th wonder it makes you wonder
just to keep up with the Joneses
the 8th wonder it makes you wonder

Interlude:
One leader defining all of our planet
too many people suffering in a panic
my three favourite philosophers sipping on the vinegar
for some will see the sweet while others see the sinister

Five fingers to form a fist and we fight
six million ways to die I think we might
seven seconds 'til we open our eyes
then we ate the flesh of our brothers for a piece of the pie

Verse:
Just to keep up with the Joneses
we lie cheat and steal just to get by
yet we can't keep it real open up your eyes
and we won't weep or feel coz boys don't cry

And money be the 8th wonder it makes you wonder
as I'm writing til my eyes red, working til my fingers bled
I wake up thinking I conceive thoughts in my slumber
walking like I'm made of led as thunder lingers in my head

We own the world yet got nothing to give
days disappear like water through a sive
question yourself what does it means to live
...what does it mean to live?