Well I been lost in the backbeat   It seems like everything’s wrong   Well I been strapped to the backseat   No matter how sad the song   It seems like everything I do is wrong   It’s just as stupid to sing this song   And people tell me just to leave it alone   Well I been down but not alone      Cons and tricks they get me through   I’m full of cheats I’ll cheat you too   Manipulation gets me through   The point being that you never knew, that you never knew, that you never knew      No matter how bad the habit   I’ll have you push it along   We seem to be these great maggots   A fascist plastic song   It seems like everything I get is gone   It’s just as tragic just to sing this song   My mother tells me not to do no wrong   And little kids they sing along      Cons and tricks they get me through   I’m full of cheats I’ll cheat you too   Manipulation gets me through   The point being that you never knew, that you never knew, that you never knew      You know that everything you ever told me has been wrong   It seems like everyone’s opinion just can’t be wrong   It’s a matter of words don’t get me wrong   You know that everything you ever told me has been wrong   Interpretations of lost arts they seem to push me along      I try to rub out the habit    It seems to push me along   No matter how bad you had it   Someone else rolls along   It seems like everything I had is gone   As highway rollers seems to roll along   The song is over now please move on   Well I been down but not for long      Cons and tricks they get me through   I’m full of cheats I’ll cheat you too   Manipulation gets me through   The point being that you never knew, that you never knew, that you never knew