Pick up yourself Joe

Tell all the rest there is a way out

if you want to get out

help me out

everybody thinks he knows a way out

but nobody dares that's why we're stuck in the ground



Staying alive with a trigger in your head

Staying alive with a trigger in your head

Welcome, welcome, to the real side of life



Everybody's smiling, nobody's crying

but everybody's kniving everyone from the back

Wake up little boy

'cause you're living in your dreams

open your eyes to the real side of life



Staying alive with a trigger in your head

Staying alive with a trigger in your head

Welcome, welcome, to the real side of life



I try to be good (yes you are)

but no one seems to care (oh here he goes again)

the harder i try (you never tried)

the more they try to break me (you never tried anything you)

i try to be good (oh here he goes again)

but no one seems to care

the harder i try (i told you to do what they told you)



the more they try to break me (you damn kid)

welcome, welcome to the real side of life



Is it dope you want or is it a gun you want

you spell out what you want

and then you'll get what you want

i want it all and i want it now

i'm gonna go ahead and grab it all just for myself



Staying alive with a trigger in your head

Staying alive with a trigger in your head

Welcome, welcome, to the real side of life