Did you you come to me To hear songs of peace Or do you want to know the truth about this world? It's bleak sometimes, it's cold But there's one thing I can assure you of: I'm in the gutter with you! And we can open our eyes and look at the stars I'm reaching out my hand to you Whoever you are! If you know you know Life is one big joke And we laugh at it from the palaces and slums And we live through it until we don't You already know Life is one big joke But your nonchalance is just for show And you're desperate for any kind of hope If you know you know Life is one big joke And our children stand upon our backs And we wish they'll have everything we lack