Lyrics · Five Minutes on the Low Road

Leaderboard

At PharmaSpan

Tanya

Are you there,
do you dare
get up on the leaderboard?

Did you score,
get some more
points on the leaderboard?

Get your little piece of fame
when you learn to play the game.
Are we gonna see your name
Up on the leaderboard?

Steve

How's it going on project Alpha?

Tanya

It's going great! Project Beta?

Steve

We start clinical trials in two weeks

Tanya

Two… weeks?

Steve

You sound surprised.

Win the prize,
Advertise,
up there on the leaderboard

You are fast,
or you're last
up there on the leaderboard.

Pump it up and come on strong.
Victory it won't take long.
Winners get to bang the gong,
when you're up on the leaderboard!

Steve

Hey Tanya did you make coffee?

Tanya

It's your turn Steve.

Steve

Are you sure? …
OK! Be right back.

Tanya

Steve, you've always been a friend
But this will have to end
You will not stand in my way
I will be the one to ascend.

The corner office is calling me
with an enticing voice
The board of directors will have to see
I am the logical…

Steve (angry, waving cell phone)

What the heck is this?

Tanya

I guess they decided to go with my approach.

Steve

That keynote was mine.

Tanya

Take it up with the execs.

Steve

We're done.

Tanya

Fight the fight,
day and night,
remain on the leaderboard.

Stay awake,
never break,
the price of the leaderboard.

I don't mean to be unkind,
when you play you come to find
if you lose you're left behind
off of the leaderboard.

Steve

I see right
through your game

We are through

We are through

Oh we are through.

In this world our work is never done
This is why we run and run and run
At the top there's only room for one
up on the lea – der - board.