You´ve got to believe in something
It´s a lonely universe
Be careful what you wish for
Cause your improvement might be worse
Birth is a missing persons file
It´s a case of role reversal
Life is a play...
Sometimes I can remember the rehearsal

You´ve got to believe in nothing
There´s an awful lot out there
There´s an awful lot in make up
Some in every perfect hair
You know I lose a lot of sleep
Wondering if nothing would ever desert us
But I know they don´t know nothing
And what they don´t know can´t hurt us

I want to tell you
This guy wants to charge you a nickel
I want to tell you
This guy wants to charge you a dime
I want to tell you
I´m ´o´ charge you a five dollar bill
And show you a real fine time; a real fine time

There´s a candy coated iguana
Behind curtain number one
And a sixteen dollar bill
For every pregnant flying nun
They got a soda-pop that´ll save the world
It´s a tonic and an elixir
It´s a get-you-laid
Better-paid
Guaranteed all-round life-fixer

I want to tell you
This guy wants to change a twenty
I want to tell you
This guy wants you to change a ten
I want to tell you
This guy knows you already did it
But he wants you to do it again; do it again

You´ve got to believe in something
It´s a lonely universe
Be careful what you wish for
Cause your improvement might be worse
Birth is a missing persons file
It´s a case of the role reversal
Life is a play
Sometimes I can remember the rehearsal

I want to tell you
Some say life is a blessing
I want to tell you
Some say life is a curse
I want to tell you
Some say life is a play
I want to tell you
And you get no time to rehearse
I want to tell you
And you got to believe in something
I want to tell you
Cause it´s lonely universe
I want to tell you
You got to believe in something