rock gets hot now she can t stop she s a lot a lot like a robot and she can t be bought and her nerves are shot and she starts to rot from the inside out she said i don t need you to save me but there s people here trying to blame me and there s no jobs that will pay me enough to feed my family and i got my back up against the wall and i got my back up against the wall and no one hears her call cause there s no one there at all and i got my back up against the wall alarm clock ringing fools are chipping promises are broken yeah jobs are leaving and the sky is darkening and the landlord s stepping but the bus is splitting and i won t be regretting and there s no more jobs here no more love here no more room here for me and there s no more jobs here only misery here for me and my family and i got my back up against the wall and i got my back up against the wall and no one hears her call cause there s no one there at all and i got my back up against the wall now where have all the good times gone alright alright alright alright but something here is going wrong alright alright alright alright why even bother when you re getting clobbered nowhere is safe and sound off the sweat they will profit youth they will rob it and they ll grind you down to the ground oh we all got big dreams now the new factory just shut down and there s not enough to go around and they ll grind you down to the ground and i got my back up against the wall and i got my back up against the wall and no one hears her call cause there s no one there at all and i got my back up against the wall1