He came of second best when he first came round here In a town that's built on money built on fear Just don't fake life, he's been told a thousand times You see the wheels that we turn in keep dragging us down He was amazed to see the fallen here Tried so very hard to fight the fear Then when he saw the end and it werent very far It slipped from his grasp And he stumbled there in the dark Just don't fake life you've been told a thousand times He took a troubled heart and then he gave it out Took a violent change of circumstance to shout There can be nobody better to turn things around Yes there can be nobody better to turn things around Just don't fake life you've been told a thousand times