So I woke up the other day to some trash on the news
It said some rich fuck named Donald Sterling
Was screaming racist shit at a young black woman
And the world that we live in
Yeah, the world that we live in's burning down
Yeah, only if we're lucky
Only, only if we're lucky it'll burn to the ground
'Cause desperation is the only thing
That ever changed anything
Yeah, desperation is the only thing
Oh, I woke up checked the news today
Hobby Lobby's telling women they won't pay
'Cause Christians are good
Yeah, Christians are grand
And Jesus decides your medical plan
Oh, the world that we live in
Yeah, the world that we live in's burning down
Oh, only if we're lucky
Only, only if we're lucky it'll burn to the ground
'Cause desperation is the only thing
That ever changed anything
Yeah, desperation is the only thing
So I woke up, checked the news today
Trans Pacific Partnership, oh, it's on the way
Tariffs gone and forests destroyed
But if you're a rich man, yeah, you'll get new toys
'Cause desperation is the only thing
That ever changed anything
Yeah, desperation is the only thing
Yeah, desperation is the only thing
That ever changed anything
Yeah, desperation is the only thing