D g d g Now don't get bent out of shape, don't start tearing out your hair Dg d g One a sweet little angel, that stuff's nowhere D g d g When the bombs go off on oxford street and the kids beat up old people D g d g It's just a soundtrack for your life it's just everyday evil Dm bb dm bb Don't let it break you down don't let it break you down Dm bb d g d g Don't let it break you down Some people are in charge of pens that shouldn't be in charge of brooms They have the nerve to rip up a man's life in a paragraph or two And the aeroplanes get hijacked and all the americans get killed And the children are addicted to a sugar-coated pill Well you get sent out on the racetrack, you get spurs dug in your cheeks You'll see a winning post in the distance that you'll never reach And there's a hole in the atmosphere gets bigger every time you spray your hair And someone's drilling down through the earth just to see what's there