Chorus
  
   Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer me this
   Who owns the chains that bind your wrists
   Riddle me who, riddle me why, answer again
   Riddle me who built the machine
   That washed your brain
  
   Like parents did before them
   Your parents idd the same
   They said do your best, you must pass the test
   You must learn to play the game
   They scrimped and saved and suffered
   To send you off to school
   But if they'd had the cash
   They could've brought the class
   And a different set of rules
  
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   Riddle me who ..... Etc
  
   They taught a simple system
   Why they had and you had not
   They said know your place, you can't win the race
   Life's an auction you're the lot
   If you'd ever thought to question
   They would never answer you why
   When they buy your sweat, you are in their debt
   And they own you till you die
  
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   Riddle me who .... Etc
  
   You took hook line and sinker
   Everything they fed
   Worked day and night, for most your life
   To earn their daily bread
   Now your old and weary
   And you lay you down to sleep
   With body worn and spirit torn
   What's left is yours to keep