You Could Have It So Much Better

[Verse] The last message you sent Said I looked really down That I ought to come over And talk about it Well I wasn't down I just wasn't smiling at you As I look at us now it seems That you're slapping my back As if it's alright But its not I'm trying to get up But you're pushing me down So I'll get up on my own Now there's some grinning goon On my TV screen Telling us all that It's alright because She wears this and He said that and If you get some of these It'll all be alright Well I refuse To be a cynical goon Passing the masses An easy answer Because it won't be alright Oh no it won't be alright It won't be alright Unless you get up Come on and get up [Outro] Well I'm just a voice in your earpieces Telling you no It's not alright You know you could have it so much better You could have it so much better If you tried