Drift away, just drift away Sometimes I wish I could just drift away They say there's gonna be a river of blood It's apocalypse now So we're waiting for the flood The ice is gonna melt, the water gonna rise And we'll all go to hell So they're keeping us advised While the dollar falls down The yen gonna climb It's a moral decline And I'm losing my mind I think I'll just drift away To that island of my dreams Live in total fantasy Close my eyes and drift away Back in the real world There's tension everywhere And the smell of fear Keeps hanging around and polluting the air The man on the news is going over the top Now he'll say anything so his show don't flop Wall street's down, so what And according to astute market analysis The world's gonna stop They shout the story to the nation Pass on the panic to the population This is the end of civilization It's all over now Chorus: Meanwhile, I just drift away To my island in the sun Imaginary paradise, perfection Sometimes I wish I could just drift away Drift away (drift away) Drift away (drift away) Drift away (drift away) Now all the politicians are running out of hope They've burned all their bridges Now they just can't cope And who do we blame now we're all going broke? It's that man over there Who's hanging from a rope Newsmen winding up the nation A little bad news helps circulation Pass on the panic to the population It's all over, it's all over It's all over now Times like this, I just drift away To my tropical fantasy Living on coconuts growing on the trees Sometimes I wish I could just drift away Drift away, drift away, drift away It's apocalypse now, drift away Rivers of blood, drift away And the man on the news is going over the top Chorus
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