This sort of a Led Zep/Days of the New style song is inspired by all the people I see just going nowhere in life. No class, no regard for others. Leaching off of society. And it amazes me that these people seem to have nine lives! And the people who struggle to do the right thing get the shit end of the stick all too often.
It's also inspired in part by one of my favorite songs, "River Bottom Nightmare Band" from Emmit Otter's Jugband Christmas.