Everyone ‘round here
Is driving me insane
All the contradictions are screwing with my brain
I see their lives are good
I see that life is fine
Then they list all the reasons we’re not living in good times
My mother’s old refrain, I need to complain
I need to complain
I need to complain – toast me with champagne
I need to complain
A casual remark
Can earn you the Mark of Cain
And sorry just won’t cut it while the wolves are baying
There’s no hiding in a safe space
And no-one’s feeling safer
Everything you wanna say gets you denounced as traitor
Can you feel the hurricane, I need to complain
I need to complain
I need to complain – bring on the cocaine
I need to complain
They’re shouting from the rooftops
Everybody’s just the same
I’m not sure about the rules but I understand the game
They’re waiting for the pill
That changes one into another
Water into wine, sister to a brother
Well at least that’s the claim, I need to complain
I need to complain
I need to complain – smoke the Mary Jane
I need to complain
They’ve complained about desire
Well it leaves a sodden stain
A man might light a fire a woman fan the flame
They think you can be retrained they think they can rewrite ya
But nature is eternal love will come on back to bite ya
And nothing’s gonna change, I need to complain
I need to complain
I need to complain – find another vein
I need to complain
Everyone ‘round here
Been driving me insane
Recruiting for the cause, every week a new campaign
They say their lives are nogood
They say their lives are not fine
But I don’t believe they really know
What’s coming down the line
Here we go again, I need to complain
I need to complain
Toast me with champagne,
Bring on the cocaine
Smoke the Mary Jane
Find another vein
Here we go again – I need to complain