Is This Thing Working? - Hard Working Americans

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

I said we

We need each other

Now more than the other

We

We need each other

Now more than ever

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

In the hallway of a high school

Anywhere USA

There was a bully that would pick on a different kid

It seemed like every day

He had this pack of back slapping buddies

Laughing and backing him up all the way

And this screaming girlfriend who would make believe in everything

He’d say

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Well then one day this kid

Who he’d beat up a bunch of times before

Realized, to his own surprise

That he probably could indeed take more

And with that he hatched an evil plan to

Make that devil pay

Walked up to him, in the middle of the gym

And he found the nerve to say

You gonna hit somebody today?

You gonna hit me too

In fact, you’re gonna hit me every day

But now I’m picking on you

And as crazy as it all might sound right now

I ain’t stopping till I’m through

It’s too late to beg for mercy

I ain’t gonna give any to you

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Well that bully he just laughed and laughed

Of course, and so did all of his friends

Beat that poor kid unmercifully

For days and days on end

Only slightly less impressively to that girl

And all of his friends

Eventually, secretly, start

Hope that kid might win

So, it this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

You’re never gonna hear him say this now

Because he thinks we don’t know

But winning that battle every day cost our bully the war a long time ago

And of all the scars he’s got to show

For every blow that kid sneaked in

The worst one is probably knowing that tomorrow he’s

going to have to get up

And fight that kid again

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?

Is this thing working?

Is this thing on?