Marble Halls

I learned to count at an early age to see what we would get
If I would sell my doll and eat a bit less

I went to school and worked real hard to get a decent job
I'd buy a big old house with a yard

But our family's monthly benefits they didn't buy me books
So I dropped out of the school to work at Luke's

Take me up to marble halls
Where I won't have to eat
Take me down to hell alone
If there I'll make ends meet

Someone said in this life we all have the same shots
But chances are you're born to lose
Or chances are you're not

I work around the clock to take home some stranger's scraps
Embarrassing but I don't get to choose

I wanted to become more than my parent's ever did
But opportunities just cost too much

Take me up to marble halls
Where I won't have to eat
Take me down to hell alone
If there I'll make ends meet

Someone said in this life we all have the same shots
But chances are you're born to lose
Or chances are you're not

I still sometimes dream about the house and the yard