I'm

ta-

king

some

time

now

e-

very

day

to

walk

a-

round

the

block

And

see

what's

new

so

I'm

not

surp-

rised

when

I'm

run-

ning

out

of

time

in

this

fast

ci-

ty,

you'd

bet-

ter

run

quick

Or

you're

run-

ning

late

or

run-

ning

in-

to

me

Ci-

ty

Hall's

locked

up

no

one's

get-

ting

in

no

one's

co-

ming

out

No

one

gi-

ves

a damn

a-

bout

po-

li-

tics

a-

ny-

more

You

say your

mind's

messed

up

we've

got

me-

di-

cine,

pills

for

aches

and

pains

If

you're

fee-

ling

ill,

take

a few

of

these

and

a

bot-

tle

for

the

road

I

don't

have

a

friend

who

will

pro-

mise

e-

very-

thing

And

then

break

each

and

e-

very

word

I

don't

have

a

friend

who

will

tax

me

when

I

work

And

then

tax

me

once

more

when

I

spend

Oh

yeah,

good

friends

won't

rip

you

off

but

you're

go-

vern-

ment

pro-

bab-

ly

will

Oh

yeah,

good

friends

won't

piss

you

off

but

you're

go-

vern-

ment

pro-

bab-

ly

will

I'm

ta-

king

a

break

e-

very

yester-

day

to

e-

xa-

mine

my

life

And

the

way

I've

lived

it

and

how

I'm

com-

for-

table

In search

of

the

life

of

lu-

xu-

ry,

we

for-

get

our

dreams

And

what

they

mean

to

find

what

we

don't

need

And

I

see

the

lights

they

light

up

the

night,

so

much

you

can't

E-

ven

see

the

stars,

un-

less

they

hap-

pen

to

be

on

the T-

V

screen

And

the

roads

cracked

up,

we're

still

dri-

ving

them,

and

the

lake

Dried

up,

we're

still

fi-

shing

for

a-

ny

com-

pli-

ment

a

pe-

rson

can

get

I

don't

have

a

friend

who

will

drop

mi-

ni-

mum

wage

While

ra-

ising

the

tui-

ti-

on

rates

I

don't

have

a

friend

who

will

tax

jud-

g-

e

what

I am worth

By my

in-

come

in

a

fis-

cal

year

Oh

yeah,

good

friends

won't

rip

you

off

but

you're

go-

vern-

ment

pro-

bab-

ly

will

Oh

yeah,

good

friends

won't

piss

you

off

but

you're

go-

vern-

ment

pro-

bab-

ly

will

Oh

yeah,

good

friends

won't

rip

you

off

but

you're

go-

vern-

ment

pro-

bab-

ly

will

Oh

yeah,

good

friends

won't

piss

you

off

but

you're

go-

vern-

ment

pro-

bab-

ly

will