Eighteen, you think you're free
To be what you wanna be
Have a job or two or three, you'll say you're sorry

Don't try to run or fight
Ask how or when or why
Who cares what's wrong or right?
It's money that matters

Each day just like the next
We struggle on and on
In nightmares but we're still marching
Handcuffed to life again
Don't try, they'll only push you down
What's opportunity?
You've got what you wanted now!

How long till I'm my own? (own)
Independence doesn't start when you leave home

Locked in, can't get out
Your cube is your new home
Four walls, no windows, no doors
Hancuffed to life again
Don't try, they'll only push you down
What's opportunity?
You've got what you wanted now!

How long till I'm my own? (own)
Independence doesn't start when you leave home

Thought you could get away from rules and regulations
If you could just get away from home
But now you're finding out the sad reality
You're trapped again
But this time you're on your own

How long till I'm my own? (own)
Independence doesn't start when you leave home

How long till I'm my own? (own)
Independence doesn't start when you leave home