Took a big trip
With your old band
To your homeland
For the wrong man
Making big plans
For your own sake
Hope they don't bend
Hope they don't break
Took a tip from a rodeo show
Get a grip or you're gonna get thrown
Take your aim when you take a shot
For the man under you will take everything you got
Take the pills that they give you mornings
Spit them out when they aren't looking
Keep a smile but you burn it hot
It's a mad, mad, world
Take the pills that they give you mornings
Spit them out when they aren't looking
Fix a smile but you burn it hot
It's a mad, mad, world
With your old band
To your homeland
For the wrong man
For your own sake
Hope they don't bend
Hope they don't break
Get a grip or you're gonna get thrown
Take your aim when you take a shot
For the man under you will take everything you got
Spit them out when they aren't looking
Keep a smile but you burn it hot
It's a mad, mad, world
Spit them out when they aren't looking
Fix a smile but you burn it hot
It's a mad, mad, world
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Heard this song in the Degrassi mid-season finale in the knife scene! I almost cried! Beautiful song.
to me the song is about a person whos at loss for the one they love.. like a holes been torn between them and hes lost him or her.. thats what it feels like. and its at the climax where everything is falling apart. that person puts on a smile when they know inside everything is falling apart. while he keeps a smile he burns it hot meaning he looses it and gets angry about everything being torn apart and losing its flame.. with all this happening the world around him goes mad because he was soo madly in love with this person. and she left him astray to realize shes left him for good..
basicly maddened everything is fading and becoming distant then everything completly falls apart. yuuuppppp..........
basicly maddened everything is fading and becoming distant then everything completly falls apart. yuuuppppp..........