Live your whole life with the blinders on, 
Keep sucking on the same dog you're sucking on, 
Get back on the road and keep [bad word] on 
Until the wheels fall off 
 
And it hurts, and it hurts, 
And it bleeds, and it squirts, 
And you've tried everything,
But it only gets worse 
 
And that's how it starts ‒
Emergency funding for the arts 
 
See the crazy man with the shiny glove, 
Pointing his glove at the skies above, 
Singing: "All you need is love, 
Love is all you need" 
 
And you listen to the music, 
But the music ain't gonna listen to you, 
But it's something to do 
And it's something you need 
 
And that's how it starts ‒
Emergency funding for the arts 
 [bad word] on, mister, play me 
Some of that good old-fashioned 
Artificial music [Artificial music] 
Artificial music [Artificial music] [bad word] on!
 
And you, 
With the crazy eyes 
I turned my gaze into, 
Time flew 
And made you what you are ‒
An underfunded star 
 
That's how it starts ‒
Emergency funding [That's how it starts] for the arts 
Emergency funding [That's how it starts] for the arts 
Emergency funding 
Emergency funding 
Emergency funding 
 
There, man