I think we must have all gone mad Maybe right turned over They promise us the earth Instead weв've got the great depression Now youв're free and easy with the base You blame your brothers and sisters And neurotics say sod the rest Itв's the new dissention Into the abyss By pushing forwards Itв's always down Itв's a desperate war Youв're trying to blow yourselves up You donв't care who you stand... with the help about Hey hey - well thatв's not the way No sense or reason in your fussing and fighting And your violent obsession Whoв's ever really left feeling fine After the great depression? No sense of purpose in the competion Keeping up with the jonesв's You buy a house, You buy a car You buy a marriage and a bed of roses Into the abyss By pushing forwards Itв's always down Itв's a desperate war Youв're trying to blow yourselves up You donв't care who you stand ... with the help about Hey hey - well thatв's not the way