Everybody wants what they want

It's the way we've learned to live

Everybody wants ehat they want

But no one wants to give

Everybody wants some happiness

At someone else's expense

We choke on our fill

We live in excess

But we buy, lie, and kill

In the pursuit of happiness

Everybody wants some peace of mind

So they ignore the guilt

But you can't erase this land's disgrace

Or the blood we have spilt

Everybody wants the greener grass

That's on their neighbor's lawn

It's why wars are waged

And freedom's caged

And coffins are filled with pawns

Everybody wants to fight the fight

But no one wants to bruise

Everybody wants to die a martyr

But pray on padded pews

Everybody needs to hear the truth

About our emptiness

That Jesus Christ

Is the end of the search

In the pursuit of happiness