Everybody wants to rule the world Nothing ever lasts forever Welcome to your life There's no turning back Even while we sleep We will find you Acting on your best behavior Turn your back on mother nature It's my own design

Are you happy now? Somewhere in the crowd In a foreign place There's nothing left to say So I shut my mouth So won't you tell me, babe You're a world away You're the only one who can The wash in the weight of your pockets, so deep

I got something to believe in If I don't believe in Jesus, how can I believe the Pope If I don't believe in heroin, how can I believe in dope If there's nothing but survival, how can I believe in sin In a world that gives you nothing We need something to

It's all gone cold It's all so wrong But who am I, who am I to say? But no one wants the blame And no one wants to change There's nothing left to gain I'm gazing upward, a world I can't embrace There's only thorns and splinters, venom in my veins It's

This world can hurt you It cuts you deep and leaves a scar Things fall apart, but nothing breaks like a heart Well, there's broken silence By thunder crashing in the dark (crash in the dark) And this broken record Spin endless circles in the bar (spin

Sittin' in the sand Weathered by the storms and well oiled hands I've read a lot of books, Wrote a few songs I've seen the world through a bus windshield, but nothing compares To the way that I see it, There's a blue rocking chair It sways back and forth

Just waiting, just waiting Nothing can hurt me today There's a magic inside Just waiting to burst out That will melt tomorrow I woke up stronger than ever Driven by big waves of fire To run and yell all the way The world is a goldmine

When it feels (feels) like the world's gone mad (mad) And there's nothing you can do (do) about it No there's nothing you can do about it (about it) You don't wanna fuck with us British to the very last You wanna make some money So this is where we are

Are you happy now? Somewhere in the crowd In a foreign place There's nothing left to say So I shut my mouth So won't you tell me, babe You're a world away You're the only one who can The wash in the weight of your pockets, so deep

For united we stand. Divided we fall And if our backs should ever be against the wall We'll be together, Together, you and I There's no where in the world that I would rather be Then with you my love And there's nothing in the world that I would rather