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