It's gone beyond a joke
It's gone beyond a laughing matter, matter, matter, matter
We had a flag out in the wind
Now it's reduced to just a tatter, tatter, tatter, tatter
I get the feeling it's all getting out of control
I want to be back where we can feel with our real senses, ooh
I want to be back where we had every day defenses
What did we have? Ooh, what did we do?
What kind of love could not pull us through?
It was another kind of world and nobody spoke, it was
Getting beyond a joke
Getting beyond a laughing matter, matter, matter
I walked out onto the street, the buildings, the people
Were reduced to tatters, tatters, tatters
It's almost like I am being crushed from inside
I want to touch your hand but it feels a skeleton's grasp ooh
I want to be in command but I'm just a speck in a swell in a rasp
What did we have? Ooh, what did we do?
What kind of love could not pull us through?
It was another kind of time and nobody spoke, it was
Getting beyond a joke, it was
Getting beyond a joke, it was
Getting beyond a joke
It's getting beyond a joke
It's getting way beyond a laughing matter, matter, matter, matter
Hands slip, feet trip, lips twist in a grimace
Every sound's a clatter, clatter, clatter, clatter
Paper and sky are torn in a terrible way
Everything's been reborn into a world that isn't quite dying, ooh
All of the clothes we've worn are too soaking wet to be dryin'
What did we have? Ooh, what did we do?
What kind of love could not pull us through?
It was another kind of time and nobody spoke, it was
Getting beyond a joke, it was
Getting beyond a joke, it was
Getting beyond a joke, it was

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