This City (Is Bound to Do Us In)

We get by
And we take everything we see
“That is mine” is the cry of the century
But I understand

Because I don't want to be alone
and I don't want to be left out
I don't care if I'm the one you love
Just let me be the one you need right now

So take your place
Right in front of your TV set
And don't look away now
We have to vote on who we like the best
And who we wish would get off the stage
We're so in love with ourselves
We'll show up with our tanks
Pick up our feet and settle down

As the bombs fly overhead
This city is crashing in
In the space between what we could have said
This city is bound
This city is bound to do us in