Late-Century Dream

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, you never did like the way the road stretched out Never knowing where all these oily black threads are tied Under the lights of a spaceship landed On the ice of a curve un-sanded There's a clover leaf that'll wreck your life [Chorus] And everybody lives in a knot (Everybody, everybody) Everybody lives in a knot (Everybody, everybody) Everybody's trying to make space Around what they think they've got Everybody lives in a knot (Everybody, everybody) Everybody lives in a knot (Everybody, everybody) Everybody's trying to make space Around what they think they've got [Verse 2] It was never better, it was never any better But a nation is not soothed When they tell her, and the doctors all look shocked But everybody grows up weened On some sick late-century dream Or the happy face on a shirt Smiling, "shop till you drop," yeah [Chorus] Everybody lives in a knot (Everybody, everybody) Everybody lives in a knot (Everybody, everybody) Everybody's trying to make space Around what they think they've got Everybody lives in a knot (Everybody, everybody) Everybody lives in a knot (Everybody, everybody) Everybody's trying to make space Around what they think they've got