[Verse 1]
All the latest toughs
You've got to shrug them off or shut them up
With ten thousand time-told truths
You've still got to ask for proof, ask for proof
'Cause if you're dying to be led they'll lead you
Up the hill in chains to their popular refrains
And then your slaughter's been arranged my little lamb
It's much too late to talk the knife out of their hands

[Verse 2]
Well I woke up on a foggy morning
(Hiding from the sun, he was hiding from the sun)
But it came out and it shot its rays down
(It was burning everyone, it was burning everyone)
But they were dying anyway
To turn to ash
To feel their feelings flash and finally fade away
In one fabulous and fiery display

We were hiding from the sun
We were hiding from the sun
We were hiding from the sun
We were hiding from the sun
It was burning everyone
It was burning everyone
It was burning everyone
It was burning everyone
[Verse 3]
And I don't know what notes you want to hear played
Can't think what lines you'd like me to sing or say
Not sure what subjects you want mentioned
So just pause and add your own intentions
Just pause and add your own
Let's pause and add our own
Let's pause and add our own intentions, right here

It was burning everyone
It was burning everyone
It was burning everyone
It was burning everyone
We were hiding from the sun

[Verse 4]
All the latest toughs
Well we have seen that stuff and we have seen enough
Blood in dying coughs
Which means that we have lost, we have lost
But if you're crying to be tossed they'll toss you
Down the oubliette with all the old things that you let yourself forget
Because you'd like to love a star
Who'd throw you down below the ground he thinks you are