Punishing World

Universe is drama and it plays this game Got so involved, forgot we're all the same Appears so real and it does it so well Some of us in heaven, some are in hell On the edge of our seat, don't know where it's gonna go 'Til we're all throwin' bombs, screamin' "On with the show!" In a Punishing world Incredibly Punishing world Vortex of defensiveness in which I quip Escaping conflicted, the conflict I try to escape Try to find some comfort, what I find instead Like changing my position on a cement bed A mess of anxiety that lusts and loathes Livin' in terror of debt, and in the misery I know In a Punishing world Incredibly Punishing world Subterfuge, Orwellian doublespeak A consciously awarin' little ego-freak So much bullshit everywhere I go Amazing how many things there are that aren't so In a Punishing world Incredibly Punishing world Punishing world Punishing world Instead of compassion, lots of love and joy A vast competition, compulsion to destroy Further from line I get in spirit and mind Selfishness makes stronger all the ties that bind I laboriously make em with my words and thoughts 'Til they're impossible to break I'm stuck, I'm done In a Punishing world Incredibly Punishing world It's a punishing world Punishing world Such a punishing world Punishing world What a bummer Punishing world All summer Punishing world Man it's a punishing world Punishing world Yeah, a punishing world Punishing world It's a punishing --- Punishing World - New York Dolls and Tom Gabel