Pick up yourself Joe
Tell all the rest there is a way out
If you want to get out
Help me out
Everybody thinks he knows theway out
But nobody dares that's why we're
stuck in the ground
Help me out

Staying alive with a trigger in your
head
Staying alive with a trigger in your
head
Welcome, welcome to the real side
of life

Everybody's smiling, nobody's
crying
But everybody's kniving everyone
from the back
Wake up little boy
'Cause you're living in your dreams
Open your eyes to the real side of
life

Staying alive with a trigger...

I try to be good (yes you are)
But no one seems to care (oh here
he goes again)

The harder I try (you never tried)
The more they try to break me (you
never tried anything you)
I try to be good (oh here he goes
again)
But no one seems to care
The harder I try (I told you to do
what they told you)

The more they try to break me (you
damn kid)
Welcome, welcome to the real side
of life

Is it dope you want or is it a gun
you want
You spell out what you want
And then I'll get you what you
want
I want it all and I want it now
I'm gonna go ahead and grab it all
Just for myself

Staying alive with a trigger...