Lowering standards in every school Home-wreckers, whores, back-stabbing fools Unconscious murdering tools You're not gonna make it No, you're not gonna make it I, I & I I, I & I Mom and dad, brother and sister Lost in a neighborhood of skid row drifters Cut-throats, con men, cokehead hipsters I'm not gonna take it I'm not gonna take it I, I & I I, I & I I'm dying in a damn beehive You make everything so beautiful, just too futile The world's a firing range .45's a legal exchange Get ready, baby Get ready, baby I, I & I I, I & I In order to live (I...) You gotta be ready to die (I & I) 'Cause no one gets (I...) Out of this town alive (I & I)