Between the plastic surgery and credit card receipts Child goes to bed to night without a bite to eat Prince denies a shilling to the beggar in the street Callously retires to his presidential suite
And if we celebrate the celebrity and the joy it brings Adore the over privelged just for having fancy tings Worship at the altar of our plasma tv screen Inside the pages of our fashion magazines
We're singing na na na
Future civilization studies people of today Excavate our ruins and examine our remains Catalog our plastic parks and put them on display (?)A mystery museum out in space
Like a vessel in the ocean we get swallowed by the waves Dozen life preserves and a thousand lives to save Give them to the highest bidder tell the others to be brave They sink down to the bottom through their teeth and lonely graves
They're singing na na na
Sing a merry melody like sparrows in a gilded cage Sing a joyful chorus sons and daughters of the gilded cage
Chapel bells are ringing and the storm is drawing near Preacher's at the pulpit lacing opium with fear Devil's in the parlor with a grin from ear to ear
The economy is crumbling like castles in the sand Daddy's in his office with a shotgun in his hand Mommy's in the shopping mall she's working in her tan And i'm in the tavern singing with the band