I never tried as hard as I could   I've seen more than I've understood   Take my father who came back from the dead   "I needed just one more drink," he said   He sat there reading books   While my mother slowly lost her looks   And even though we were poor   The sun still shined on our door      O Lord! Please come down from the mountain   Some of us are broke and having problems   And everybody knows, that I know what's going on   And if cars could run on teardrops, I'd be long, long gone      I got a plan to get me out of debt   I'm gonna play this to perfect a bet   I'm gonna change the pattern of the stars   I'd like to horse-whip all these VCRs   Screw the soft rock and the salad bars   Let's turn our backs on all the moviestars   Let's raise our voices up and sing:   "We are not one with everything."      O Lord! Please come down from the mountain   Some of us are broke and having problems   And everybody knows, that I know what's going on   And if cars could run on teardrops, I'd be long, long gone      Long, long gone   Long, long gone