1st floor decide what you'll be one day

With a head full of comment and nothing to say

2nd floor mixed up it happens that way

Soon you realize that listening don't pay

3rd floor in limbo, no easy moves

Up or down it's time to choose.

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The elevators going up

Quick the door's about to shut

Too late we're full just hang around

It won't be long - it won't be long before it's down.

4th floor the job hunt and all that you ask

Is an honest day's pay for an honest day's graft

5th floor you may make a little more money

Now it's apparent downstairs ain't so funny

6th floor a mortgage, a collar and tie

2 weeks vacation in june or july.

[Chorus]

The elevators going up

Quick the door's about to shut

Too late we're full just hang around

It won't be long - it won't be long before it's down.

7th floor expenses and private schools

Pushing a pen you're not turning the tools

8th floor position, respect and acclaim

Move up the 9th for fortune or fame

10th floor for investment and real estate

Recouping the redies before it's too late

11th floor the penthouse the final cut

With a head full of comment and a mouth that stays shut.

[Chorus]

The elevators going up

Quick the door's about to shut

Too late we're full just hang around

It won't be long - it won't be long before it's down.