La la la la la la, la la la la yeah owo yeah
 
  
  Every junkie knows the fix won't last
 
 Strung out but the keeps on coppin'
 
 Every politician with a shady past
 
 Hopes a love child don't come knockin'
 
 Every alcoholic swears "This drink's the last"
 
 Every broker was a genius til the market crashed
 
 Every gambler on a streak knows that he can't win
 
 But he keeps on betting til the sky caves in
  
 
 We can't breath under water
 
 And we don't know how to swim
 
 But we keep on rocking the boat
 
 Until we fall in
  
 
 La la la la la la
  
 
 Every stand-up comic has a serious night
 
 Every streetwalker's somebody's daughter
 
 Every soldier in the war's got God on his side
 
 And that's why we can't stop the slaughter
 
 Every magazine cover has been retouched
 
 Every generation swears "It won't happen to us"
 
 But it can & it will & we do & it does
 
 You wanna know why? It's because
  
 
 We can't breath under water
 
 And we don't know how to swim
 
 But we keep on rocking the boat
 
 Until we fall in
 
 Until we fall in
  
 
 Yeah yeah
  
 
 We should quit while we're ahead, instead
 
 We wait to get knocked around
 
 Cause you never need the lifeboat
 
 Til the ship is going down
 
 Well, look around
  
 
 Every now and then life calls your bluff
 
 You gotta walk the talk you're talking
 
 Everybody wishes they could just shut up
 
 But we just keep going on and on and on and on and on…
  
 
 We can't breathe under water 
 
 And we don't know how to swim
 
 But we're crossing all our fingers, stripping down and diving in
  
 
 We can't breathe under water 
 
 And we don't know how to swim
 
 But we keep on rocking the boat
 
 Until we fall in
 
 Until we fall in
  
 
 La la la la la la, la la la la yeah
  
 
 Careful what you're wishing for, you just might get it 
 
 Live today 'cause if you don't you might live to regret it
 
 That's all I'm saying