[00:04.221] I don't have to tell you things are bad
[00:06.170] Everybody knows things are bad
[00:07.981] It's a depression
[00:09.346] Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job
[00:14.215] The dollar buys a nickel's worth
[00:16.232] Banks are going bust
[00:17.368] Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter
[00:19.182] Punks are running wild in the street
[00:21.352] And there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do
[00:23.278] And there's no end to it
[00:25.744] We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat
[00:30.141] And we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that
[00:34.085] Today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes
[00:37.432] As if that's the way it's supposed to be
[00:39.399] We know things are bad - worse than bad
[00:41.933] They're crazy
[00:42.920] It's like everything everywhere is going crazy,
[00:44.648] So we don't go out anymore
[00:46.333] We sit in the house, and slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller
[00:49.632] And all we say is:
[00:50.305] "Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms.
[00:53.315] Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything.
[00:57.565] Just leave us alone."
[00:58.883] Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone
[01:01.052] I want you to get mad!!
[01:03.919] I don't want you to protest
[01:04.465] I don't want you to riot
[01:05.656] I don't want you to write to your congressman
[01:06.999] Because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write
[01:08.649] I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation
[01:11.187] And the Russians and the crime in the street
[01:13.382] All I know is that first you've got to get mad
[01:18.489] You've got to say:
[01:19.184] "I'm a human being, goddammit! My life has value!"

I don't have to tell you things are bad
Everybody knows things are bad
It's a depression
Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job
The dollar buys a nickel's worth
Banks are going bust
Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter
Punks are running wild in the street
And there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do
And there's no end to it
We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat
And we sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that
Today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes
As if that's the way it's supposed to be
We know things are bad - worse than bad
They're crazy
It's like everything everywhere is going crazy,
So we don't go out anymore
We sit in the house, and slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller
And all we say is:
"Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms.
Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything.
Just leave us alone."
Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone
I want you to get mad!!
I don't want you to protest
I don't want you to riot
I don't want you to write to your congressman
Because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write
I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation
And the Russians and the crime in the street
All I know is that first you've got to get mad
You've got to say:
"I'm a human being, goddammit! My life has value!"