Modern Living is a Mess
RICK
[first note B below mid c]
V1 Modern living is a mess
Just look at [IKEA] [all our gear]
Use it once then throw it away
What are we doin’ here
BR1 ‘ The TV tells us
What you could have what you must have
But then everything just turns to dust
V2 I thought I could carry on
Taking and not giving
But buying into status quo
I’d hardly call that living
BR2 Oh when they tell us
What you can do what you can’t do
I now see that we have lost our way
CH
I’m no super hero
Raining down flaming arrows
I’m no great white saviour
Just twanging on a selfish guitar
V3 Now I want to get involved
Add my voice to protest
Its too late the door is closed
Failing tired and depressed
BR3 couldn’t find the Simple life
Moving on escapes us
I have lost my reason and my life
CHORUS [ RPT]
I’m no super hero
Raining down flaming arrows
I’m no great white saviour
Just twanging on this selfish guitar
MIDDLE 8
on my own now stuck here on my own now
locked down with my personality
My weak nature / always avoiding danger
the past is now the future forever
INSTRUMENTAL CH HERE
Final Chorus
I’m no superhero
[GAP]
I’m no great white savior
PLAY OUT
Just me vain and selfish
No use to anyone else
No use to you
Let you down