[Verse 1]
Another lovely day
To watch the grass grow blade by blade
Or keep an eye on drying paint
To boil some water sans a flame

[Verse 2]
Frightened and barefoot
Like every step is burning blacktop
Or throbbing embers in a fire walk
With pain to pay for every misstep

[Chorus]
Because lord knows
No one’s ever done much wrong in the past
And if you’re chasing your tail around
All you’ll ever catch is your ass
Oh, oh

[Post-Chorus]
You can stay here
Mull it over
But someone’s gotta get it done

[Verse 3]
Do the songbirds
Worry about being hackneyed?
Do they too judge their melody?
Question each note and every beat
[Verse 4]
And if the first man
Had scratched his head so fervently
He’d have just earned himself a seat
Inside the belly of a beast

[Chorus]
Because lord knows
No one’s ever done much wrong in the past
And if you’re chasing your tail around
All you’ll ever catch is your ass
Oh, oh

[Post-Chorus]
You can stay here
Mull it over
But someone’s gotta get it done

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Chorus]
Because lord knows
No one’s ever done much wrong in the past
And if you’re chasing your tail around
All you’ll ever catch is your ass
Oh, oh
[Outro]
You can stay here
Mull it over
But someone’s gotta get it done