| G | C | G | |
| There's a breeze that's blowin' | in from the | land |
| G | D | G | |
| Instead of salt air, all we | breathe in is | sand |
| G | C | G | |
| Crippled the cloud that once | brought us the | rain |
| G | D | G | |
| Good job, now we'll never see | our coasts | again |
| C | C | G | |
| But those of us, | those of us, us of lesser | gods |
| G | C | D | G | |
| Won't eat till we're | hungry, won't | drink till we're | parched |
| C | C | G | |
| But those of us, | those of us, who forget where we're | from |
| G | C | D | G | |
| Create now this | Hell where no | devil could | spawn |
| C | C | |
| Take me back, | take me back |
| C | G | |
| To the way life used to | be |
| G | C | G | |
| A whisper's now sayin' what | words used to | speak |
| G | D | G | |
| Starve must the child, hungry | sex on | TV |
| G | C | G | |
| For no act of contrition will | pardon the | soul |
| G | D | G | |
| The damage now glistens, | see how it | glows |
| C | C | |
| Take me back, | take me back |
| C | G | |
| To the way life used to | be |
| G | C | G | |
| Yesterday is better than | it is | today |
| G | D | G | |
| And today will be better | tomorrow, they | say |
| G | C | G | |
| We don't want what you know but we | know what we | want |
| G | D | G | |
| That's "live and let live," we're all | different, that | counts |
| C | C | G | |
| But those of us, | those of us, us of lesser | gods |
| G | C | D | G | |
| Won't eat till we're | hungry, won't | drink till we're | parched |
| C | C | G | |
| But those of us, | those of us, who forget where we're | from |
| G | C | D | G | |
| Create now this | Hell where no | devil could | spawn |
| C | D | G | |
| Dark is the shallow man, | proud without | pride |
| D | G | C | G | |
| Worn out comes the | welcome from a | truth that never | lies |
| D | G | D | G | |
| Weep now for the | tear, | cold on the | face |
| D | C | |
| So come down from your | heaven, Lord |
| G | D | |
| Let me | show you Hell on | earth |
| C | G | |
| Take me back to the way life's never | been |