Everybody lyrics

from `Coming Up For Air`, 1996, Intersound Music Inc.


We got madmen on the left side...
madmen on the right
We got drugs that weren`t here yesterday
and drive-by`s in the light

We got schools that look like prisons
--children packing guns...
And politicians on parole and
back again to run...

And it`s us against them...
and them against us
It`s getting kind of crowded
in the back of the bus

You take your dirty little hatred and
find something to feed it
but the writing`s on the walls and
I think it`s time read it...


(CHORUS:)
And everybody doing what they want...
...Hey!
--everybody
Everybody doing what they want...
...Hey!
--everybody
...Hey!

--everybody...doing what they want...


It seems a matter of convenience, not a
matter of respect
Where`d you lose your conscience?--
guess it just got up and went...

And you want too much of everything and
never get your fill
We`re living in a time when
loving it can kill...

Might be a question of ego--
too much or not enough
And just another story `bout
a childhood that`s rough...

You sell your tail to the TV...
Star for just a day...
Don`t you worry--they won`t
let the facts get in the way...


(CHORUS TWICE)

Hey, hey, hey, hey...everybody
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah...doin` what they want
Hey, hey, hey, hey...everybody, everybody
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah...


Well, you think somebody owes you but
I swear to God they don`t...
You act like someone chose you but
you know they probably won`t...

Better get your reservation--
get in on the end...
Here`s the situation--buy a
dog, you want a friend...


(CHORUS TWICE)

Hey, hey, hey, hey...everybody
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah...doin` what they want
Hey, hey, hey, hey...everybody, everybody
Hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah...




--words & music by Michael Stanley