[Intro]
So the story begins

[Verse 1]
City dweller, successful fella
Thought to himself, "Oops, I've got a lot of money" (Lot of money)
Caught in a rat race, terminally
I'm a professional cynic, my heart's not in it
I'm paying the price of living life at the limit (To the limit)
Caught in the century's anxiety

[Pre-Chorus]
Yes, it preys on him (Preys on him)
He's getting thin (Getting thin)

[Chorus]
Now he lives in a house
Very big house in the country
Watching afternoon repeats (Ooh, la-la)
And the food he eats in the country (Ooh)
He takes all manner of pills
And piles up analyst bills in the country
Oh, it's like an animal farm (Ooh, la-la)
Lots of rural charm in the country (Ooh)

[Verse 2]
Now he got morning glory, life's a different story
Everything's going Jackanory (Jackanory)
Touched with his own mortality
He's reading Balzac, knocking back Prozac
A helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland
(Close your eyes, man)
Oh, it's a century's remedy
[Pre-Chorus]
For the faint at heart (Faint at heart)
A new start (A new start)

[Chorus]
And now he lives in a house
Very big house in the country
Got a fog in his chest (Ooh, la-la)
So he needs a lot of rest in the country (Ooh)
Doesn't drink, smoke, laugh
Takes herbal baths in the country
Oh, it's like an animal farm (Ooh, la-la)
But you'll come to no harm in the country (Ooh)

[Interlude]
In the country (Do-do-do)
In the country (Do-do-do)
In the country

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
Blow, blow me out
I am so sad, I don't know why
Blow, blow me out
I am so sad, I don't know why
[Chorus]
Oh, he lives in a house
Very big house in the country
Watching afternoon repeats (Ooh, la-la)
And the food he eats in the country (Ooh)
Takes all manner of pills
And piles up analyst bills in the country
Oh, it's like an animal farm (Ooh, la-la)
That's the rural charm in the country (Ooh)
Oh-oh, lives in a house
Very big house in the country
He's got a fog in his chest
So he needs a lot of rest in the country
He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh
Takes herbal baths in the chlorine
But you'll come to no harm
On the animal farm in the country

[Outro]
Ooh, la-la-la, la
I wanna be, I wanna be
In the country, oh
La-la-la-la, la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la
La-la-la-la, la-la-la