Breadline
Risk
1999
Duration: 4:24
Track number: 5
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine, Nick Menza
Theme
A socially conscious track focusing on **poverty and destitution**. The lyrics depict a man who has lost everything and is 'dancing on the **breadline** (the line for food/aid), using temporary distractions to forget his harsh reality and imminent crisis.
Lyrics
Ain't got no job
Ain't got no smoke
Ain't got a car
His life's a joke
Living on the skids
Thinks the world's just fine
Forgot what he did
**Dancing on the breadline**
No one there to bind him
Nothing to remind him
Nowhere left to find him
About to lose his lifeline
He's **dancing on the breadline**
Forgot who he is
Forgot who he was
Used to call the shots
Now he can't connect the dots
A mover and shaker
Getting closer to his maker
Lower than a hemline
**Dancing on the breadline**
No one there to bind him
Nothing to remind him
Nowhere left to find him
About to lose his lifeline
He's looking for a headline
Sniffing up the white lines
He's **dancing on the breadline**
Watch him dance
About to lose his lifeline
He's looking for a headline
Sniffing up the white lines
He's **dancing on the breadline**
No one, nothing, nowhere
The breadline **dancing on the breadline**
**Dancing on the breadline**
He forgot and he ain't got nothing
