Wake Up And Be Happy

Why do we stay so long in this city she loves me in?
Each day we take it on the chin and we’ve become has-beens
Once young and bold, now we look old
The luster fading from this daily passion play
Hoping someday we’ll just wake up and be happy
Hoping somehow we’ll just wake up and be sane
We’ve got to wake up
Why do we fight so hard in this city we love to hate?
Each day we aim for a stalemate and we’ve become lightweights
Once proud and tall now we look small and running short on good reasons for us
to stay
Maybe someday we’ll just wake up and be happy
Maybe someday we’ll just wake up and be sane
We’ve got to wake up
Wake up in the town where everything is going down if you’re the type with
passion for restaurants and shows and fashion
We’re living in the center of the universe, it could be worse and far surpasses
living out among the masses
So we’ll never say so long to this city we glitter in
Re-sharpen elbows, reset grin as we re-begin
And make a toast to when we’ll wake up and be happy
And take a drink to when we’ll wake up and be sane
We’ve got to wake up
Someday we’ll wake up
We’re going to wake up
Maybe we’ll wake up
We’ll never wake up