Charles Bukowski - The Great Escape lyrics

Listen, he said
You ever seen a bunch of crabs in a bucket?
No, I told him
Well, what happens is that now
And then one crab
Will climb up on top of the others
And begin to climb toward the
Top of the bucket
Then, just as he's about to escape
Another crab grabs him and pulls him back
Down really? I asked
Really, he said, and this job
Is just like that, None
Of the others want anybody to get out of
Here that's just the way it is
In the postal service! I believe you, I said
Just then the supervisor walked up and said
You fellows were talking
There is no talking allowed on this job
I had been there for eleven and one half
Years i got up off my stool
And climbed right up the supervisor
And then I reached up and pulled myself right
Out of there
It was so easy it was unbelievable
But none of the others followed me
And after that, whenever I had crab legs
I thought about that place
I must have thought about that place
Maybe 5 or 6 times
Before I switched to lobster