If the weather's as bad as the Weatherman says, we're in for a real mean storm If the times are as hard as folks are saying They are, some folks have it real, real hard Can't even get a break Forget about getting ahead--you bet they never get too far If the people upstairs acted like they Even cared, I'd crack a real wide smile But I'd have to guess To witness something like this, you'd have to wait a real long while If life is as tough as the last couple months We're in for a real rough year If the future's as bleak as I hear on the Street, we're looking at a real long haul The people I speak to take drugs when They need to stop thinking about it all Me? I've taken a few so I could stop Thinking too--who hasn't used a drug? But turning off yr mind a couple few too Many times can turn you to a real dumb slug If things are as bad as the Newspaper says, we're in for a real big war If this is the shit that we're to be Dealing with then we made a real bad deal But shit isn't new until it happens To you, spinning like a reel-to-reel If we could stop this train and start all Over again, make all of the states shake hands Well, I'd smile real wide although I know, Down deep inside, that happening has a real slim chance It's a real big war that they've got in store for us