Handsome Tax Refund

I been paying the plain tax all my working life
Extra effort extra hustle extra knife
To get what the handsome man gets at the door
With just his face showing nothing more
While I’m submitting credentials and climbing the rail
Handsome tax refund ain’t coming in the mail

Handsome tax refund never arrives
Handsome tax refund not how it drives
The world where the beautiful move for free
Handsome tax refund ain’t for the likes of me
I pay the plain surcharge on every good thing
Handsome tax refund is not what I bring

I calculated once what the handsome head start
Was worth in actual dollars over the arc
Of a working career versus the plain-faced guy
The numbers from the studies don’t lie
The beautiful earn more the beautiful get
More opportunities and haven’t paid yet

For the tax I’ve been paying just for my face
For the extra I’ve done just to hold my place
In every room where the beautiful glide
The handsome tax refund staying inside
The wallet of someone who never paid in
Handsome tax refund is the original sin