Welcome to the riot, it's saturday night

I'm workin' on red eyes but I'm feeling alright

Ain't it like a living end, and burning like a flame

I take it to the limit before the glory fades

You say our music's brainless-boring punk rock

A psychedelic nightmare, but when they gonna stop

Andrew's on Daniel's, Toody's on Bliss

It's all I ever wanted, the best it ever gets

My head's a little scattered 'cause I'm working on the dead line



There's a panic going backstage, something just broke

Edwin's got a flashlight, looking through the smoke

Monitors squeeling and I just broke a string

And Andrew's got beer sprayed all over everything

Someone tripped the power, the lights are going dim

People hanging outside trying to get in

Toody's yelling something, I must be out of tune

That's the least of my problems, can't hear nothing in this room

My head's a little scattered 'cause I'm working on the dead line



Yeah, my life's a broken wire but I'm getting my kicks

Another night of chaos with Edwin on the mix

Time to load equipment, where the hell did Andrew go ?

Weeden's got the t-shirts, and records on the floor

Hans and Ruud are talking, man, I need a cigarette

They say we're playing Vera, if we don't get in a wreck

Toody holds the lighter, when someone has to ask

"So why's the candle burning ?" "Cause nothing ever lasts"

My head's a little scattered 'cause I'm working on the dead line