Stop the wrecking ball
Are you getting off?
This course in melodrama
Wake me when it´s over

Thin skin, we´re whipped again
They´re merciless
Flag waves prey and plunder
Escape with me, father, come on
Well, come on…

You and I have been around
Beaten up, run out of town
Don´t say “God´s planned the world we loved in,
Take what you can get”
It´s written
Earth shakes and waters rise
A plague hits, my lover dies and you say
“Best of all possible worlds. Get by while it all unfurls.”

Syphilis, aren´t you sick of this
Give me a hand
To the taking back of our faith
Believe in another

There´s a little patch of land there
Just up ahead
Slow and steady, we will prosper
Trot on with me, father, come on
Come on…

You and I have been around
Beaten up, run out of town
Don´t say “God´s planned the world we loved in,
Take what you can get”
It´s written
Earth shakes and waters rise
A plague hits, my lover dies and you say
“Best of all possible worlds. Get by while it all unfurls.”

This land needs tilling
Come on and help out
The pirate swine will bluff and copy out
Your pedagogic words just burn out

You and I have been around
Beaten up, run out of town
Don´t say “God´s planned the world we loved in,
Take what you can get”
It´s written
Tragic comic repartee
This schlep has had its day, I say
Get by or you´re a goner,
Hands on and we´ll get stronger
Get by or you´re a goner,
Hands on and we´ll get stronger

The water has spat us out
Coast´s clear again
Hush up now
And don´t get bored
Work away, we´re on the mend