[Verse 1]
You push away the night
Turn on the TV light
Drink coffee and put on a shirt
You join the peoples' cries
The entertainment starts
You laugh, you scream, you get violent

[Chorus]
And everything's going on outside
Everything's going on outside
And there ain't much to do but try to get inside
Everything's going on outside
Everything's going on outside
You take your tiny pills and live your comic life

[Verse 2]
You drink and take a bath
Have sex in someone's house
You leave, go to work, get your head down
Your trivial mind gets filled
With chocolate advert spiel
What a funny, decrepit little world

[Chorus]
And everything's going on outside
Everything's going on outside
And there ain't much to do but try to get inside
Everything's going on outside
Everything's going on outside
You take your tiny pills and live your comic life
[Bridge]
If you don't go out today
How are you meant to make your wise cracks, kid?
(Wise cracks, kid)
If you don't go out today
How are you meant to write your sad songs?

[Chorus]
Well, everything's going on outside
Everything's going on outside
You read your self-help books and nurse your second pint
Everything's going on outside
Everything's going on outside
You take your tiny pills and live your comic life
I'll just take my tiny pills
And live my comic life