in this vale of toil and sin
you’re stuck in a race that you just
can’t win
take a look around and it’s so
obscene
but that’s the way it is so you
gotta get mean

don’t waste your time wondering
why
cause the only thing you know is
that someday you’ll die
you gotta get tough, you gotta get
lean
but best of all you get to gotta get
mean

you give me an itch and I’ll blow
you away
it’s part of this dangerous game
that we play
you’d do the same if you’d seen
what I’d seen
c’est la vie, mon cherie, you’ve
gotta get mean