Down The Drain - Original Version

Too bad we couldn't stay, we're on our way
We're taking off today, so get on board the train
Too bad we couldn't stay, we're on our way
We're taking off today, so get on board the train

Looks like we're going down the hill
And we're going kind of fast, excited by the thrill
A rollercoaster ride straight down the drain
Together with a lot of toxics dissolving our brains
A contradiction in terms (evolution reversed)
Things should get better, instead they get worse
We see it all happen, safe distance, on the telly
Happy zapping round the world, pick your dream, scratch your belly

Like this bad case of virus, emerging from the soil
Instead of finding a cure, we just lance the boils
So purulent matter is flooding the seas
Just keep on dumping, and pay your fees
We literally lay clouds of smoke, concealing what goes on
But when or if the smoke goes down we'll know what we have done
Mountains of waste formed by all our buys
Like Towers of Babel reaching for the skies!

Too bad we couldn't stay, we're on our way (straight on down the drain)
We're taking off today, so get on board the train
Too bad we couldn't stay, we're on our way (straight on down the drain)
We're taking off today, so get on board the train

Don't buy a toothpaste if the packaging ain't double
Have a plastic bag to carry it without trouble
But I keep empty bottles in one bag and paper in another
Yet the rest is too much for me to even bother
Wash your jeans, I know you've worn them twice
If you won't get that stain out, chlorine is my advice
It's a shame about Bosnia, because killing is a sin
I'm off to a game, you'll see trouble if we don't win

Generations of wisdom used to alter our creations
Towards virtual reality and fake stimulations!
I want to feel better, this pain has a source
But I can't cope with it, I'll have usual of course
Love was a cure, now that puts our lives on a rope
If you won't catch it there, you'll catch it doing dope
So the ultimate escape is yet to be found
Run all you can, but the Earth is still round!

Too bad we couldn't stay, we're on our way (straight on down the drain)
We're taking off today, so get on board the train
Too bad we couldn't stay, we're on our way (straight on down the drain)
We're taking off today, so get on board the train

Now, love was a cure, now that puts our lives on a rope
If you won't catch it there, you'll catch it doing dope
The ultimate escape is yet to be found
Ha- run all you can, but the Earth is still round!
Get on board the train, get on (but the Earth's still round)
Going down the drain, going

Too bad we couldn't stay, we're on our way (straight on down the drain)
We're taking off today, so get on board the train
Too bad we couldn't stay, we're on our way (straight on down the drain)
We're taking off today, so get on board the train

Too bad we couldn't stay (straight on down the drain)
Too bad we couldn't stay (straight on down the drain)
Too bad we couldn't stay (straight on down the drain)
Too bad we couldn't stay, we're on our way (boom!)