Woke up to a city on fire

Living in a movie but the plot's so uninspired

We were strung out and hanging from the wires

Tried to play the part but they see right through the attire

Well the money got old and someone told you

You want a little more, there's one more way you could go

You could play the role just to break the mold

In four more years, my friend, you'll be good as gold

Say it ain't your fault

But you can't hope to when you drop the ball

You can kid yourself, that makes no difference to us

Give a pity your side

Just to get them all off your back

But I hope you know that makes no difference to us

Say it's all you know

But you can't hold together on your own

You can kid yourself, that makes no difference to us

Give a pity your side

Just to get them all off your back

But I hope you know that makes no difference to us

Caught up in a rich man's child

Brush your teeth with whiskey 'til the stains are coming out

We were asking, "Is it any use to shout?"

No one there to hear you but you're living like a sound

Well the love goes dead or so they said

You better believe it's all going straight to your head

Well these days will end, we'll start to shed

This new ordeal of odds that you have bred

Say it ain't your fault

But you can't hope to when you drop the ball

You can kid yourself, that makes no difference to us

Give a pity your side

Just to get them all off your back

But I hope you know that makes no difference to us

Say it's all you know

But you can't hold together on your own

You can kid yourself, that makes no difference to us

Give a pity your side

Just to get them all off your back

But I hope you know that makes no difference to us