This world is a cold and cynical place
We walk in single file
And we do not break pace
Fate says
I'll ply you with luck when you're dead
You hang your head low
And you follow the script
You take the abuse
And you remain tight lipped
Although you spend every day seeing red
Mama says that I was never happy
Mama says that I'm still always blue
But that's not true
Not when I do
This codeine
Men make themselves Gods
And then pull on our strings
They burn us all down
For glory or some such thing
They say its fake news
I did none of that
They live to raise hell
Not admit defeat
Their conscience don't care
For starving folks on the street
Not while the right ones still chew on the fat
Mama says that I was never happy
Mama says that I'm still always blue
But that's not true
Not when I do
This codeine
So tell me Mama
How can we find our smiles
The climate's changing
The future's hostile
She says
Well baby I guess you are right
We don't hold the power
And we can't heal the land
We fight for what's right
But it still slips through our hands
So now we just numb our pain day and night
Mama says that I was never happy
Mama says that I'm still always blue
But that's not true
Not when I do
This codeine