(Verse 1)

Waking up, I'm faced with the things I should do

My dreams were so nice, I wish they'd come true

My perfect day is a clean empty page

To do what I want and get out of this cage

I'm gonna' leave this maze, leave this rat race behind



(Hook)

Rat race, rat race, rat race

Rat race, rat race, rat race



(Verse 2)

We're told what to buy, except when we sleep

Business makes money and keep us all sheep

We're bound up by rules that curtail our lives

We're taxed more each year while the government thrives

I'm gonna' leave this maze, leave this rat race behind



(Hook)

Rat race, rat race, rat race

Rat race, rat race, rat, race



(Chorus)

Gonna' kick off my shoes, walk in the rain, turn off my fuse

And slow down time to find a sweeter life

Why don't you come with me - we'll lie down under the willow tree

And see how good the world could be

We'll get away and say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye



(Bridge)

Rat race must end, rat race must cease, leave us alone so we can live our lives in peace!

Rat race must end, rat race must cease, leave us alone so we can live our lives in peace!



(Verse 3)

What ever happened to good common sense?

People make mistakes at my expense

I'll move to an Island and live off the land

Sing my own music, make up my own band

I'm gonna' leave this maze, leave this rat race behind



(Chorus)

I'll become a dragonfly and escape this swamp when I fly up high

And slow down time to find a sweeter life

Why don't you come with me; we'll hang out in the willow tree

And see how good the world could be

We'll get away and say goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Goodbye