The man upstairs is breathing down my neck
And the people wait and they wait so viciously
If the little guys I find
Deep in the cartoon mines
Don’t satisfy, then all hell breaks loose

Maybe things aren’t the way that they used to be
Well things are better and worse and just the same as ever
And even if we strike that gold
We can’t keep doing this until we grow old
The cartoon mines will claim us in the end

And I just wanna draw a little picture (a little picture)
Just wanna play a little song (a little song)
But when problems seem so big
Sometimes it feels just a little bit wrong

I just wanna tell a little story (a little story)
I just want to feel just fine (just fine)
But when things get down to the wire
I’ll take another shift in the mines

The cartoon mines, the cartoon mines
Dig around and see what you find
You might have fun, you might get canned
In this weird little Neverland
The cartoon mines, the cartoon mines
We make you laugh, while we want to cry
We would move on, but it’s all we know
So sit back and enjoy the show

The cartoon mines, the cartoon mines
Dig around and see what you find
You might have fun, you might get canned
In this weird little Neverland

The cartoon mines, the cartoon mines
We make you laugh, while we want to cry
We would move on, but it’s all we know