Business as Usual

[Verse 1] Look at the weather, look at the news Look at all the people in denial We're running time, leaving grace Still we worship at the marketplace While common sense is going out of style I thought that I would be above it all by now In some country garden in the shade [Chorus] But it's business as usual Day after day Business as usual Just grinding away You try to be righteous You try to do good But business as usual Turns your heart into wood [Verse 2] Monuments to arrogance reach for the sky Our better nature's buried in the rubble We got the prettiest White House that money can buy Sitting up there in that beltway bubble The main jefe talks about our freedom But this is what he really means [Chorus] Business as usual How dirty we play Business as usual Don't you get in the way Yeah, make you feel helpless Make you feel like a clown Business as usual Is breaking me down [Verse 3] Boy, you can't go surfing in Century City Yeah, them sharks out there are lurking beneath the curb Yeah, they rob you blind, chew you up, and it ain't pretty And it's a soul sucking, soul sucking, soul sucking, soul sucking Soul sucking, soul sucking world [Chorus] Business as usual Day after day Business as usual Feel like walking away A barrel of monkeys Or band of renown Business as usual Is breaking me down[x2]