He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Begging like you might take order in your own hands
I stare, it seems like I don't care, drop
a chance in your hands then
I know that bad's got to fix itself, correct over time
And I know 'cause I've got the cure, I've
got a cure for your crimes
All I dreamed up, all that seemed like luck seems silly to you now
All I said to you, all I did for you seems so silly to me now
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Screaming like no one might call the cops and arrest you this time.
Standing back against my building's back
door
I you're hoping for a ride.
I know the world's been mean to you, I've got a cure, hold tight.
I know the world's not fair to you, I've
got a cure for it's crimes
All I dreamed up, all that seemed like luck seems silly to you now
All I said to you, all I did for you seems so silly to me now
Oh oh when you say it
So so slowly to me
Oh oh well I keep going
Oh no I ran while knowing
No no I know you need it
So so I need it too
And oh oh I must keep going
So so you must too
Oh oh when you say it
So so slowly to me
Oh oh well I keep going
Oh no I ran while knowing
No no I know you need it
So so I need it too
And oh oh I must keep going, so you must too
I've got a cure, I've got the cure for you
All I dreamed up, all that seemed like luck seems silly to you now
All I said to you, all I did for you seems so silly to me now
All I dreamed up, all that seemed like luck seems silly to you now
All I said to you, all I did for you seems so silly to me now
I've got a cure, I've got the cure for you
I've got a cure, I've got the cure for you
I stare, it seems like I don't care, drop
a chance in your hands then
I know that bad's got to fix itself, correct over time
And I know 'cause I've got the cure, I've
got a cure for your crimes
All I dreamed up, all that seemed like luck seems silly to you now
All I said to you, all I did for you seems so silly to me now
Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, oh oh
Screaming like no one might call the cops and arrest you this time.
Standing back against my building's back
door
I you're hoping for a ride.
I know the world's been mean to you, I've got a cure, hold tight.
I know the world's not fair to you, I've
got a cure for it's crimes
All I dreamed up, all that seemed like luck seems silly to you now
All I said to you, all I did for you seems so silly to me now
Oh oh when you say it
So so slowly to me
Oh oh well I keep going
Oh no I ran while knowing
No no I know you need it
So so I need it too
And oh oh I must keep going
So so you must too
Oh oh when you say it
So so slowly to me
Oh oh well I keep going
Oh no I ran while knowing
No no I know you need it
So so I need it too
And oh oh I must keep going, so you must too
I've got a cure, I've got the cure for you
All I dreamed up, all that seemed like luck seems silly to you now
All I said to you, all I did for you seems so silly to me now
All I dreamed up, all that seemed like luck seems silly to you now
All I said to you, all I did for you seems so silly to me now
I've got a cure, I've got the cure for you
I've got a cure, I've got the cure for you
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