They'll get you when you're young They'll teach you how to be a man (Stand up!) Romanticizing (Bigger and better!) But it's never enough, is it?
And you're damned if you do And you're damned if you don't Let's celebrate anyway Just do what you do What you do what you do What you do what you do What you do what you do What you do And do it for me too
Once you come to accept The vague sense of defeat Eating away inside You're a pig in a pen waiting To face the knife Down, down, down!
And you're damned if you do And you're damned if you don't Let's celebrate anyway Just do what you do What you do what you do What you do what you do What you do what you do What you do And do it for me too
We don't need another hero Not another fool that you can drain and tear to shreds Oh strip him down Sell him back to that From which he came Ever so embarrassing
Someone to connect the pieces Someone who will speak his mind Someone who will carry what we're all afraid to really say How infuriating and obscene Apologetic in absurdum No-one wants to feel
And you're damned if you do And you're damned if you don't Let's celebrate anyway Just do what you do What you do what you do What you do what you do What you do what you do What you do And do it for me too