This Way to the Top

This is the way you want to go
This is the way you want to step
This is the way you want to move
This is the way you want to speak
This is the way you want to chat
This is the way you want to converse
This is the way you want to confront
This is the way you want to collapse
This is the way you want to condone
This is the way you want, trust us

This is the way
To go

This is the way
You put on a tie
Practice a speech
Prey on the weak

This is the way
You get what you want
This is the way to the top

This is the way you pay the bills
This is the way you order steak
This is the new device you buy
This is the new kind of car you drive
This is the drink you drink
These are the things you think
This is all laid out for you
This is the way to the top

This is break that gets you in
This is the rope that keeps out chumps
This is the food that tastes better
This is the help you get for simple tasks
These are the interns for you to abuse
These are the drugs you're going to use
This is the way to the top

This is your someone
This is your other someone
This is your someone with benefits
This is your someone who knows someone
Who now is happy to know you
This is the way to the top

This is the staircase that leads to a door
That leads to a hallway
That ends at a window
That you should open one day
And look out of

And know that one day
You may
Be going
Out that window

Because, you see
Though it's lovely here
And we like it here
And you'll like it here
And we know you will

The thing about the top is--

There's little room
And little direction
And few goals
And less satisfaction

And the stairway is there
Tempting you to go
To go that last bit up
And see how high you are

And then see
What it is
You want
To do about it