[Verse 1]
Think fast
Why do you believe we're on the
Right track?
Anyone can see it when they
Look back
But tryin' to tell the future isn't quite so easy

Zoom out
Everyone's so focused on the
Right now
No one wants to take a chance on
Somehow
The dreamers and the schemers
They can both agree
No one's in between

[Chorus]
Three, five, eight, ten
I can write this song again!
Eighteen more times
I'm not running out of rhymes
Twenty more or forty-two
'Til you finally see the truth:
It's not me, it's you!
Easy, happy, light and fun
We can make the number one
Seven writers get a chunk
That's how modern music's done!
Wonder why it's down on tubes?
Guess you haven't heard the news:
It's not me, it's you!

[Verse 2]
Come down
Try to take it back to when you
First found
Something worth believing in, your
Heart pounds
Back when you were dreaming of the guts and glory

Time's up
Smile and pack it in because I've
Had enough
I'll wake up tomorrow, and you
Know what?
I'll be satisfied
That I could write my story
Even glory-free

[Chorus]
Three, five, eight, ten
I can write this song again!
Eighteen more times
I'm not running out of rhymes
Twenty more or forty-two
'Til you finally see the truth:
It's not me, it's you!
Easy, happy, light and fun
We can make the number one
Seven writers get a chunk
That's how modern music's done!
Wonder why it's down on tubes?
Guess you haven't heard the news:
It's not me, it's you!

[Bridge]
Now
Don't turn around
We're all work-bound
And not afraid of what we've found
Then
In the end
We'll transcend
And not just pretend...

[Chorus x2]
Three, five, eight, ten
I can write this song again!
Eighteen more times
I'm not running out of rhymes
Twenty more or forty-two
'Til you finally see the truth:
It's not me, it's you!
Easy, happy, light and fun
We can make the number one
Seven writers get a chunk
That's how modern music's done!
Wonder why it's down on tubes?
Guess you haven't heard the news:
It's not me, it's you!