Breadline
Risk
1999
Duration: 4:24
Track number: 5
Times played live: 51
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
Musicians

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