I'm staring down a barrel of monkeys.
I'm gonna drive my car right into a garage.
I've got this bottle of pills called Vitamin C.
I'm gonna take this needle, and sew a patch on my jeans.

I wanna live my life, wanna live my life, wanna live my life like I'm alive.
'Cause one of these days I know, one of these days I know that I'm gonna die.
In the meantime life ain't gonna pass me... I ain't gonna let life pass me by
I wanna live my life, wanna live my life, wanna live my life like I'm alive.

I'm standing on this bridge to try and get a good view.
I'm gonna take this knife, and I'm gonna cut my food.
Things ain't never gonna change so what's the use in whining?
I'm writing my last words that I'll write for the night.

I wanna live my life, wanna live my life, wanna live my life like I'm alive.
'Cause one of these days I know, one of these days I know that I'm gonna die.
In the meantime life ain't gonna pass me... I ain't gonna let life pass me by
I wanna live my life, wanna live my life, wanna live my life like I'm alive.

I'm gonna get me a pistol tattooed on my skin.
I'm gonna take this razor and I'm gonna cut my beard.
I've got this rope in my hand, and I'm gonna hang my clothes.
I'm walkin' out into traffic to try to catch a cab home.

I wanna live my life, wanna live my life, wanna live my life like I'm alive.
'Cause one of these days I know, one of these days I know that I'm gonna die.
In the meantime life ain't gonna pass me... I ain't gonna let life pass me by
I wanna live my life, wanna live my life, wanna live my life like I'm alive.

Bang! Bang! Kill the bad man, and everything will be alright.
(from the other side) Bang! Bang! Kill the bad man!

Who's right? Who's right? But' we're gonna be fightin', taking back sides, getting killed in the night-time.
Terror! Terror! Who brings the terror? Are we bringin' down the house on the bad news bearer?
Let's shoot 'em up and get killed with our own guns... Shoot 'em up and kill some civilians.
Let's hate and murder in the name of freedom!

I give up!
I surrender!
I give in to this never-ender!
I submit!
I conform!
I give in to all the norms!

Most of the time I've got a lot on my mind, and the slavery goin' on has got me falling behind.
Too kind to be generous, so I've got to move it - to prove to the victims of compensatory hubris that:
Peer-pressure's schmeer pressure. Think for yourself.
Take a lesson from your mind and drink to your health.
Smell all the flowers.
Spike all the punch.
Take it all in no matter what form it comes.

I give up!
I surrender!
I give in to this never-ender!
I submit!
I conform!
I give in to all the norms!

Bang! Bang! Kill the bad man, and everything will be alright.
(from the other side) Bang! Bang! Kill the bad man!