When I try to sit tight
I get nervous and confused
People's faces melt into
That look  you always use

They set you up with dignity
They pull you down in pain
You have no control
So you really can't complain, hah

I don't want to give you lip
Or bust your Christmas chops
Stand up on a montain
With a beer can and a mop

They scream until their neck bleeds
And jack off in the wind
Feeling all the power
It takes to be a general

Oh yeah
You gotta come alive

You gotta come alive

Ok so it's nothing
Nothing's what it is
You can say it's idiotic
I cant say it's his

You can find adventure
In someone else's life
Or you can criticize

When I try to sit tight
I get nervous and confused
People's faces melt into
That look  you always use

They set you up with dignity
They pull you down in pain
You have no control
So you really can't complain

Oh yeah
You gotta come alive

You gotta come alive

I don't want to give you lip
Or bust your Christmas chops
Stand up on a montain
With a beer can and a mop

They scream until their neck bleeds
And jack off in the wind
Feeling all the power
It takes to be a general
It takes to be a president
It takes to be a healer
It takes to be a clown, hey

You
Gotta come alive

Gotta come alive 
Come alive

Oh yeah
Come alive