The man upstairs is breathing down my neck
And the people wait, and they wait so viciously
If the little guys I find
Deep in the cartoon mines
Don’t satisfy, then all hell breaks loose

Maybe things aren’t the way that they used to be
Well, things are better and worse and just the same as ever
And even if we strike that gold (Go! Go! Go!)
We can’t keep doing this until we grow old (Go! Go! Go!)
The cartoon mines will claim us in the end

And I just wanna draw a little picture (A little picture)
Just wanna play a little song (A little song)
But when problems seem so big (So big!)
Sometimes, it feels just a little bit wrong (A little wrong!)

I just wanna tell a little story (A little story)
I just want to feel, just vibe (A little vibe)
But when things get down to the wire (To the wire!)
I’ll take another shift in the mines

The cartoon mines, the cartoon mines
Dig around and see what you find
You might have fun, you might get canned
In this weird little Neverland
The cartoon mines, the cartoon mines
We make you laugh while we want to cry
We would move on, but it’s all we know
(So sit back and enjoy the show!)

[Instrumental/Harmonica Break]

(The cartoon mines, the cartoon mines)
(Dig around and see what you find)
(You might have fun, you might get canned)
(In this weird little Neverland)

(The cartoon mines, the cartoon mines)
(We make you laugh while we want to cry)
(We would move on, but it’s all we know...)