Bomb blasts, murder spree,
Super-pollution, corporate greed
Movie stars breaking up
Stock market crapping out

Teens OD on drugs
Mexico full of thugs
Long debates in DC
What's in it for me?

Same song, ding dong
Muslims are all wrong
Faithful do not quaver
Throw the bodies in the river

Ride the web to understand
Never look inside my head
Avoid the heart, it always lies
Only follow nightly news

Light a candle, say a prayer
Just pretend the world's not there
Go to sleep and rise at six
Another day of pick-up sticks

Road jams, traffic lights
Speedy drivers get in fights
Food store lines all the day
Will I ever get to play?

Some day I'll retire
Sit in evenings by my fire
Read my favorites in the night
Only guess at what is right.