Welcome to the riot, it's saturday night  I'm workin' on red eyes but I'm feeling alright  Ain't it like a living end, and burning like a flame  I take it to the limit before the glory fades  You say our music's brainless-boring punk rock  A psychedelic nightmare, but when they gonna stop  Andrew's on Daniel's, Toody's on Bliss  It's all I ever wanted, the best it ever gets  My head's a little scattered 'cause I'm working on the dead line    There's a panic going backstage, something just broke  Edwin's got a flashlight, looking through the smoke  Monitors squeeling and I just broke a string  And Andrew's got beer sprayed all over everything  Someone tripped the power, the lights are going dim  People hanging outside trying to get in  Toody's yelling something, I must be out of tune  That's the least of my problems, can't hear nothing in this room  My head's a little scattered 'cause I'm working on the dead line    Yeah, my life's a broken wire but I'm getting my kicks  Another night of chaos with Edwin on the mix  Time to load equipment, where the hell did Andrew go ?  Weeden's got the t-shirts, and records on the floor  Hans and Ruud are talking, man, I need a cigarette  They say we're playing Vera, if we don't get in a wreck  Toody holds the lighter, when someone has to ask  "So why's the candle burning ?" "Cause nothing ever lasts"  My head's a little scattered 'cause I'm working on the dead line