Salute the Institution

You can't use it like you want
When you use it too late
And you had time before to mistreat it
Or appreciate
You better watch what you say

And salute the institution
Because it's how you get paid

Getting married to The Man
Gonna have to change your name
Smoking cigarettes at your wedding
Looking like Jimmy Page

What a way to salute the institution
Make the big mistake

Giving flowers to a corpse
Take a moment for yourself
And assess the damage is done
And put it on the shelf
Tell yourself
"He'll never get to hear Lennon"
Just like someone else

We're surviving like the best
Just like any other creep
Just the other day we were Ziggy
Now we're Ziggy free
I can do it too

That's why I'm showing you
Salute the institution, like we always do

You want to see it done like a pro
(Salute the institution)
You want your slice of pie in the sky
(Salute the institution)
You want your cake to eat itself
(Salute the institution)
You want the votes to go to the winner
You want the wonderful time away
You want a friend that's in the movies
You want a house for people to see
You want it all but you don't have enough
You want enough but you don't have it all
You want the sun in room for your kids
You want it back when they turn eighteen
Unless they go to college
(Salute the institution)

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
(Salute the institution)