The dollar went down and the President said
Who's in charge, now? I don't know, take your pick.
A new disease every day and the old ones are coming back
Things are looking kind of gray, like they're going to black
Don't turn on the TV, don't show me the paper
(I) don't want to know he got kidnapped or why they all raped her
I want to go on vacation till the pressure lets up
But they keep hijacking airplanes and blowing them up
[Chorus]
It's been a hard day on the planet
How much is it all worth?
It's getting harder to understand it
Things are tough all over on earth.
It's hot in December and cold in July
When it rains it pours out of a poisonous sky
In California the body counts keep getting higher
It's evil out there, man that state is always on fire.
Everyone has a system, but they can't seem to win
Even Bob Geldof looks alarmingly thin
I got to get on that shuttle get me out of this place
But there's gonna be warfare up there in outer space
[Chorus]
I've got clothes on my back and shoes on my feet
A roof over my head and something to eat
My kids are all healthy and my folks are alive
You know, it's amazing but sometimes I think I'll survive
I've got all of my fingers and all of my toes
I'm pretty well off I guess, I suppose
So how come I feel bad so much of the time?
A man ain't an island John Dunn wasn't lying
[Chorus]
It's business as usual; some things never change
It's unfair, it's tough, unkind and it's strange
We don't seem to learn; we can't seem to stop
Maybe some explosions would close up the shop
You know, maybe that would be fine: we would be off the hook
We resolved all our problems, never mind what it took
And it all would be over, finito, the end
Until the survivors started up all over again
[Chorus]
A Hard Day on the Planet
Loudon Wainwright III
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4x10 A Father and a Son A Hard Day on the Planet A Song Aphrodisiac Bell Bottom Pants Clockwork Chartreuse Come a Long Way Daughter Dilated To Meet You Donations Down Drinking At The Bar Excuse Me Father and a Son Four Mirrors Four Mirrors Good Ship Venus Grey in L.A. Happy Birthday, Elvis Hollywood Hopeful I Am the Way Little Ship Liza Natural Disaster OGM OGM (Out-Going Message) Primrose Hill Primrose Hill [#] Reciprocity Red Guitar Rufus Is a Tit Man Rufus Is a Tit Man [Live] Something for Nothing Suicide Song The [Untitled] [Live] The Acid Song The Swimming Song The World Trilogy (Circa 1967) Underwear What Are Families For? What Are Families For? When You Leave World You Can't Fail Me Now
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