[Verse 1]
What we wanted was chain lightning
What we wanted was eight miles high
What we wanted was free fall
And our turn to fly
What we wanted was more fireworks
Everlasting Fourth of July
What we wanted was more stars
In a bluer sky

[Pre-Chorus]
All we wanted was something worth it
Worth the labour, worth the wait
Then they take you up to the mountain
And you see too late

[Chorus]
In the middle of a good time
Truth gave me her icy kiss
Look around, you must be joking
All that way, all that way for this

[Verse 2]
What we wanted was consolation
The hand of strangers, help for pain
What we wanted was to be sure
No friends were lost in vain
What we wanted was aggravation
A good cause, a bigger row
What we wanted was the whole plantation
Now, now, now
[Pre-Chorus]
All we wanted was something worth it
Worth the labour, worth the wait
Then they take you up to the mountain
And you see too late

[Chorus]
In the middle of a good time
Truth gave me her icy kiss
Look around, you must be joking
All that way, all that way for this
In the middle of a good time
Truth gave me her icy kiss
Look around, you must be joking
All that way, all that way for this

[Verse 3]
What we wanted was rhyme and reason
What we wanted was another way
What we get is a tinpot heaven
And we're too drunk to pray
What we get is the old machinery
Grinding on in the same old way
What we need is the sweet republic
Roll on Independence Day
[Chorus]
In the middle of a good time
Truth gave me her icy kiss
Look around, you must be joking
All that way, all that way for this
In the middle of a good time
Truth gave me her icy kiss
Look around, you must be joking
All that way, all that way for this

[Outro]
All that way, all that way for this
All that way, we come all that way for this