I saw a little light...
Then came a wave of tremendous heat
And all around my feet was fire


And as the flame grew higher
I contemplated my well-lit life

And my calm insights
And my mastery of satire


Oh you may say I'm crazy
And that's about all you can say
When you're living your life day-to-day

You've got no time

Oh Averroes, we're damned if we do

And damned if we don't I know
Cause I don't know, I'll just try when I'm told
And die when I'm old and alone

And I suppose it could have been worse
At least I've still got my soul
And that's no joke,

It's better than nothing, you know

And all your life, you tried to be nice and polite

But you blew it, you can't do it right

I told a little lie

That turned into a humdinger
So I pointed fingers and lied


Maybe I've wanted to die
Maybe I'd love to be cast aside
Or hung out to dry

But I'll never apologize

Cause I only said it to make you get angry at me

Oh I only want you happy
Does that sound right?


Man alive, you trouble me so
In so many different ways
But I don't like to grumble and groan

You know how I hate to complain
And that's a lie but that's how it goes
And oh how I wish I could change

My narrow mind, but I've lost all control
And I'm counting on going insane


And all my life...
I tried, I tried, I tried