W ell ain't it a shame
T hat our short little memories
N ever seem to learn
T he message of history
W e keep makin' the same mistakes
O ver and over and over and over again
A nd then we wonder why
W e're in the shape we're in
G ood ol' boys down at the bar
P eanuts and politics
T hey think they know it all
T hey don't know much of nothing
E ven if one of them was to read the newspaper
C over-to-cover
T hat ain't what's going on
J ournalism's dead and gone
F rail grasp on the big picture
L ight fading and the f og is getting t hicker
It's a f rail grasp on the big picture
Dark ages
You my love-drunk friend
All that red wine and candlelight
Soulful conversations
That go on until the dawn
How many times can you tell your story?
How many hangovers can you endure
Just to get some snogging done?
You're living in a hormone dream
You don't have the slightest notion
What long-term love is all about
All your romantic liaisons
Don't deal with eternal questions like:
Who left the cap off the freaking toothpaste?
Whose turn to take the garbage out?
Frail grasp on the big picture
You keep on rubbin' that, you're gonna get a blister
It's a frail grasp on the big picture
I've seen it all before
And we pray to our Lord
Who, we know, is American
He reigns from on high
He speaks to us through middlemen
And he shepherds his flock
We sing out and we praise His name
He supports us in war
He presides over football games
And the right will prevail
All our troubles shall be resolved
We hold faith above all
Unless there's money or sex involved
Frail grasp on the big picture
Nobody's calling them for roughing up the kicker
It's a frail grasp on the big picture
Heaven help us
Frail grasp on the big picture
All waiting for that miracle elixir
Frail grasp on the big picture
I don't wonder anymore
Frail grasp on the big picture
Somebody says, "You brought her here
So go ahead and kiss her."
Frail grasp on the big picture
Frail grasp on the big picture
Light fading and the fog is getting thicker
It's a frail grasp on the big picture
Frail grasp on the big picture
Frail grasp on the big picture
