They want your mind and your body

But they don't understand and don't care much about it


Gotta work for your country


Society's built on concrete and money




If this room was to vanish


And the toys of man turned to civilized dust

There'd still be you and me, honey


With our history gone but the spirit lives on




Build those highways, build those cars


On a planet full of scrap metal


There'd better be life on Mars




It's alright, it's alright


If you don't think about it, it's alright

If you don't look at it, it's alright





How time slips away

Live by the good book


That's what the wise men say


But where does it leave us

Were they right or were they wrong


Gotta have hope, gotta carry on




It's alright, it's alright


It's alright, it's alright




They want your soul and your spirit


Make them understand these things they never can have


Gotta work for your family

A community built on trust, not money





If this town was to vanish

And the office blocks were just turned into ashes


They'd be you and me, honey


With the will to survive and the spirit lives on




Build those factories, plants and cars

On a planet so desecrated


There'd better be life on Mars



It's alright, it's alright


If you don't think about it, it's alright

Just don't look at it, it's alright, it's alright




How time slips away

Live by the good book


That's what the wise men say

Where does it leave us

Were they right or were they wrong


Gotta have hope, gotta carry on



It's alright, it's alright